Memory phrase for the character: 線

線

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Meaning

line, (railway) track, wire

Pronunciation

SEN

Explanation

 Left: thread 糸, right: spring/fountain 泉 (= white 白 water 水)

Mnemonic
 
Like a thread flows the spring's water: in a line. (Or: The thread in white water is a [fishing] line.)

Radicals

糸 thread
泉 springThe white 白 water 水 stands for a well.
白 whiteIn strong sunshine, you are blinded by the brightness. Such that: The ray 丶 of the sun 日 makes it: white.
水 waterThe radical mizu stands for water. It is commonly used in its short form 氵.




 Vocabulary

新幹線 しんかんせん  bullet train: "Shinkansen"
線 せん  line (also telephone, railway), wire, beam
三味線 しゃみせん  Shamisen, three-stringed Japanese guitar
幹線 かんせん  main line, trunk line
地平線 ちへいせん  horizon (on land)
水平線 すいへいせん  horizon (on water)
直線 ちょくせん  straight line
曲線 きょくせん  curve
蚊取り線香 かとりせんこう  anti-moscito incense, mosquito coil

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