线

variant of 線|线[xian4]

线 = + : Mnemonic symbol: barbed wire.

线 = + : The silk worm wants to use the floating tank in the anthill's bathroom, but there's already Marie Curie inside—and she secured the tank by setting up barbed wire all around it.
thread / string / wire / line / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1] / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)

线 = + : Mnemonic symbol: barbed wire.

线 = + : The silk worm wants to use the floating tank in the anthill's bathroom, but there's already Marie Curie inside—and she secured the tank by setting up barbed wire all around it.

线 character breakdown

narrow / small

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a narrow and small floating tank.

= + : Joan of Arc keeps guard in front of the anthill, her spear at her side. All has been quiet for a long time though, so she just prefers to play her flute all day.
"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]

A silk worm.

Characters with 线 as component

线 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 线

busy (telephone line)
main line (of communication) / main thread (of a plotline or concept) / central theme
rifling (spiral lines on inside of gun barrel imparting spin to the bullet)
trunk line (of road, network etc) / backbone (cable)
quadratic curve (geometry) / conic
hatched lines / cross-hatched graphic pattern
crosswalk / pedestrian crossing with zebra stripes
foreshadowing (literary device)
rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun)
X-ray / Röntgen or Roentgen ray
to get the lines crossed
beta ray (electron stream from radioactive decay)
(slang) cleavage / (palmistry) business line

Sentences with 线

线 currently does not appear in any sentence.