Learn Mandarin Mandarin-English Character Dictionary

Pronunciation

Mandarin	xiàn
Cantonese (Jyutping)	sin3
Japanese Kun	suji
Japanese On	sen
Korean (Hangul)	선
Korean (Yale)	sen

Meaning

Definition

thread, line, wire; clue

Character Rank

Traditional	406
Simplified	6940
Hong Kong Grade Level	2

Common Words With This Character  

路線	lùxiàn	itinerary; route; political line (e.g. right revisionist road)
直線	zhíxiàn	straight line; sharply (rise or fall)
光線	guāngxiàn	light ray; light; illumination; lighting (for a photograph)
電線	diànxiàn	wire; power cord
界線	jièxiàn	limits; bounds; dividing line
線路	xiànlù	line; circuit; wire; road; railway track; bus route

Related Characters

Kangxi Radical	糸 (#120:silk)
Simplified Script	线
Semantic	綫
Same Structure & Phonetic Component	(Sign-in required)

Computer Encoding

Unicode	U+7DDA
Big 5	BD75

Input Method Codes

Cangjie	vfhae
Four Corner	2693.2
WuBi 86	xriy
WuBi 98	xriy