线 xiàn

line; wire; thread

HSK 4 #430

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 430th character
Radical ⽷ (120.5)
Strokes 8
Index # 1336
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

线 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 xiàn
  7. 7. CL tiáo,,gēn

Stroke order

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Words containing 线

Word Meaning
underline
product launching ceremony
gamma ray
China state radio regulation committee SRRC
neutron radiography
central axis (line)
middle road (in politics)
to get the lines crossed
beta ray (electron stream from radioactive decay)
(slang) cleavage; (palmistry) business line
conic; quadratic curve (geometry)
hatched lines; cross-hatched graphic pattern
popular front
crosswalk; pedestrian crossing with zebra stripes
algebraic curve
foreshadowing (literary device)
gamma ray (loanword)
rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun)
X-ray; Röntgen or Roentgen ray
to do needlework
cease-fire line
light ray
insider trading (illegal share-dealing)
insider information
convex polygonal line