Memory phrase for the character: 线

线

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Meaning line, thread, string, wire

Pronunciation

xiàn

Explanation

Left: thread 纟/糸, right: 戋 (two 二 halberds 戈, here: draw one 一 line with a halberd)

Mnemonic
 
Like one thread and drawn with a halberd is this one: line.

Radicals

糸 threadIt has in its upper part the radical "short thread" 幺.
戋 two halberds
戈 halberd
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 Vocabulary

对角线 duì jiǎo xiàn  diagonal
曲线 qū xiàn  curve; curved line; indirect; in a roundabout way
线圈 xiàn quān  solenoid (electrical engineering); coil
射线 shè xiàn  ray
阵线 zhèn xiàn  a front (militant group); line of battle; alignment (towards a political party etc)
虚线 xū xiàn  dotted line
紫外线 zǐ wài xiàn  ultraviolet ray
轴线 zhóu xiàn  central axis (line)
绒线 róng xiàn  wool; woolen thread
针线箔篱 zhēn xiàn bó lí  wicker sewing basket (dialect)
椭圆曲线 tuǒ yuán qū xiàn  (math.) elliptic curve
椭圆曲线 tuǒ yuán qū xiàn  

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