线 — Chinese character
线
xiàn
line, thread, wire; clue, trail
- Pinyin
- xiàn
- Radical
- 120 ⽷ (Silk)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 纟 戋
- Formation
- pictophonetic — thread; meaning component 纟; sound component 戋
- Traditional
- 綫
Common words with 线
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 路线 (路線) | lù xiàn | itinerary; route |
| 在线 (在線) | zài xiàn | online; connected to the Internet; (fig.) (coll.) (of a person) mentally focused; engaged; (of skills, performance etc) sharp; on point; functioning at a high l |
| 线路 (線路) | xiàn lù | (electricity) line; circuit; wire; (traffic) road; track; route |
| 线上 (線上) | xiàn shàng | online |
| 一线 (一線) | yī xiàn | front line; front-line position; a ray of; a glimmer of (hope, light etc) |
| 前线 (前線) | qián xiàn | front line; military front |
| 上线 (上線) | shàng xiàn | to go online; to put sth online; to reach a specific standard |
| 无线 (無線) | wú xiàn | wireless |
| 线索 (線索) | xiàn suǒ | trail; clues |
| 曲线 (曲線) | qū xiàn | curve; curved line |
| 航线 (航線) | háng xiàn | air or shipping route |
| 连线 (連線) | lián xiàn | electrical lead; connecting line; (Tw) to connect (to a network, device etc); to go online; connection |
English words written with 线
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.