Chinese symbol for “plotline”

故事线

gù shi xiàn

Traditional: 故事線

storyline; plotline

The closest CC-CEDICT match for plotline is 故事线 (gù shi xiàn), defined as: storyline; plotline.

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Characters and stroke order

故 gù

reason, cause; happening, instance

radical 66 ⽁ · 9 strokes

事 shi

affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident

radical 6 ⼅ · 8 strokes

线 xiàn

line, thread, wire; clue, trail

radical 120 ⽷ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

線 xiàn

Related words

Other words that share a character with 故事线.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
故事	gù shì	old practice
事故	shì gù	accident; 桩 (zhuāng),起 (qǐ),次 (cì)
故意	gù yì	deliberately; on purpose
故障	gù zhàng	malfunction; breakdown
故乡 (故鄉)	gù xiāng	home; homeland
事件	shì jiàn	incident; event
事情	shì qing	affair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng)
军事 (軍事)	jūn shì	military affairs; (attributive) military
路线 (路線)	lù xiàn	itinerary; route

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.