The kanji 線: meaning, readings and stroke order

線

Meaning: line
On reading: セン sen
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 15
Radical: 糸 silk
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đường kẻ, sợi (tuyến)
Japanese: せん。すじ。
Korean: 선, 줄 (선)
Chinese: 线、线条 (线)

Readings, words and example sentences

セン sen · on reading

直ちょく線せん
straight line
紙に 直ちょく線せんを引きます。
I draw a straight line on the paper.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.