Hanja Analyzer
線

線 — seon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
줄 선
Romanization
seon
English
thread, line, wire; clue
Mandarin
xiàn
Japanese on'yomi
セン
Japanese kun'yomi
すじ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#382 of 2,500
Strokes
15
Variant forms
綫
Radical
糸 (120, 9 residual)
Unicode
U+7DDA

Parts that make up 線

  • 糸 실 사, 가는실 멱 꼬아 놓은 실타래실·천·끈, 그리고 잇고 매는 일
  • 泉 샘 천

How 線 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 線 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 糸, 泉.

Korean example words with 線

  • 세선細線 Korean gloss: 가는 줄
  • 주선主線 Korean gloss: 주되는 선
  • 강선鋼線 Korean gloss: 강철로 만든 줄
  • 색선色線 Korean gloss: 색깔이 있는 줄
  • 단선單線 Korean gloss: 단 한 가닥의 줄
  • 신선新線 Korean gloss: 새로 설치한 선로
  • 전선全線 Korean gloss: 모든 전선(戰線)
  • 적선赤線 Korean gloss: 붉은색으로 그은 선
  • 묵선墨線 Korean gloss: 먹으로 그은 검은 줄
  • 유선有線 Korean gloss: 전선에 의한 통신 방식
  • 사선斜線 Korean gloss: 비스듬하게 비껴 그은 줄
  • 각선脚線 Korean gloss: 다리의 윤곽을 나타내는 선

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 線

  • 路線ろせん route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.)
  • 新幹線しんかんせん Shinkansen; bullet train
  • 打線だせん batting line-up; batting order
  • 線せん line; stripe; stria
  • 戦線せんせん (war) front
  • 無線むせん radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
  • 一線いっせん one line; (a) single line; boundary
  • 回線かいせん circuit; line
  • 視線しせん one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking)
  • 放射線ほうしゃせん radiation
  • 前線ぜんせん (weather) front; front line; the front
  • 線路せんろ railway track; railway line; railroad

Other hanja read “선”

Other hanja with radical 糸

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences