Character

线 xiàn

line, thread, wire; clue

HSK 4 #430

占线 zhàn xiàn HSK 4	busy (telephone line)
线索 xiàn suǒ HSK 6	trail; clues; thread (of a story)
视线 shì xiàn HSK 6	line of sight
路线 lù xiàn	itinerary; route; political line (e.g. right revisionist road); CL:條\|条[tiao2]
无线电 wú xiàn diàn	wireless
热线 rè xiàn	hotline (communications link)
线路 xiàn lù	line; circuit; wire; road; railway track; bus route
底线 dǐ xiàn	to underline; bottom line; base line (in sports); baseline; minimum; spy; plant
光线 guāng xiàn	light ray; CL:條\|条[tiao2],道[dao4]; light; illumination; lighting (for a photograph)
电线 diàn xiàn	wire; power cord; CL:根[gen1]
无线 wú xiàn	wireless
前线 qián xiàn	front line; military front; workface; cutting edge
曲线 qū xiàn	curve; curved line; indirect; in a roundabout way
直线 zhí xiàn	straight line; sharply (rise or fall)
射线 shè xiàn	ray
航线 háng xiàn	air or shipping route
电话线 diàn huà xiàn	telephone line; telephone wire
天线 tiān xiàn	antenna; mast; connection with high-ranking officials
线条 xiàn tiáo	line (in drawing, calligraphy etc); the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc)
防线 fáng xiàn	defensive line or perimeter; CL:道[dao4]
有线电视 yǒu xiàn diàn shì	cable television
一线 yī xiàn	front line
战线 zhàn xiàn	battle line; battlefront; front
有线 yǒu xiàn	wired; cable (television)
接线员 jiē xiàn yuán	switchboard operator

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