xiàn

line; wire; thread

Character data

Radical ⽷ (120.9)
Strokes 15
SIMPLIFIED , 线

Definitions

線 xiàn
  1. 1. line
  2. 2. wire
  3. 3. thread
  4. 4. string
  5. 5. (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
  6. 6. variant of 线xiàn
  7. 7. CL tiáo,,gēn

Words containing 線

Word Meaning
Wenshan Line of Taipei Metro
crosswalk; zebra crossing
slash (punct.); slanting line; diagonal line
slash (punct.); slanting line; oblique line
Shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train)
geological fault line
(telephone or Internet connection) disconnected; cut off
bolt cutter
a kite with cut string (idiom); fig. gone beyond recall
timeline
dark-line spectrum
curve; curved line; indirect
line graph; line diagram
curve fitting
save the nation by indirect, covert means
the theory of curves
jigsaw
wired; cable (television)
Cable Network News (CNN)
cable television
Taipei Metro Muzha Line
the prime meridian; the first meridian
cable tie
the Greenwich meridian
Sandinista National Liberation Front