Memory phrase for the character: 線

線

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line, (railway) track, wire

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

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

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

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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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