Chinese symbol for “wire”
电线
diàn xiàn
Traditional: 電線
wire; power cord; measure word: 根 (gēn)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for wire is 电线 (diàn xiàn), defined as: wire; power cord; measure word: 根 (gēn).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “wire”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 线路 (線路) | xiàn lù | (electricity) line; circuit; wire; (traffic) road; track; route |
| 线 (線) | xiàn | thread; string |
| 橡皮线 (橡皮線) | xiàng pí xiàn | wire (sheathed in rubber); cable |
| 线缆 (線纜) | xiàn lǎn | cable; wire |
| 鎍 | suǒ | chain; wire |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 电线.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电影 (電影) | diàn yǐng | movie; film; measure word: 部 (bù) |
| 电话 (電話) | diàn huà | telephone; measure word: 部 (bù) |
| 电视 (電視) | diàn shì | television; TV; 台 (tái),部 (bù) |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
| 电脑 (電腦) | diàn nǎo | computer; 台 (tái) |
| 电视台 (電視台) | diàn shì tái | television station |
| 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; fun |
See also: Japanese symbol for “wire”.
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.