xiàn

line

Variant of .

Evolution

綫 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
綫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
綫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

 

xiàn

line, thread, wire; clue

线 () 

xiàn

variant of |线[xiàn]

Most common words with 綫
Freq.
Word
Meaning

线

thread

线索

trail

路线

itinerary

线路

line

热线

hotline (communications link)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 68.5888% of movies

452nd most common character in movies

430th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+7DAB

Shuowen

“綫,縷也。从糸,戔聲。線,古文綫。”


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