Chinese Character 線 Meanings and components.

Form

線

Meaning

線 meaning[3] in English

Thread.

String.

Wire.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 線 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'silk' radical in … (糹) , and spring (small stream) (泉)

Its radical[1] is: 糸 (mi4) which means: Fine Silk, Kangxi Radical 120, .糸mi4fine silk

In cangjie it is written with VFHAE

How to write 線

To write線xian4thread you should write a combination of 糹si1'silk' radical … , 泉quan2spring (small … arranged in a 吅 shape:

糹 + 泉 = 線

線 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 線 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 線, looks as follow:

線
Pinyin:xian4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Thread . String . Wire . Line . Cl:條|条[Tiao2],股[Gu3],根[Gen1] . (After A Number) Tier (Unofficial Ranking Of A Chinese City)
糹
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
泉
Pinyin:quan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Spring (Small Stream) . Mouth Of A Spring . Coin (Archaic)
白
Pinyin:bai2
Meaning[3]: Surname Bai
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
水
Pinyin:shui3
Meaning[3]: Surname Shui

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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