Memory phrase for the Kanji: 線
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線 |
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Kanji-Trainer
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Meaning
| line, (railway) track, wire
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Pronunciation |
SEN
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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.)
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Radicals
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糸
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thread | |
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泉
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spring | The white 白 water 水 stands for a well. |
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白
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white | The sun 日 and a sun beam ノ makes everything appear white. |
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水
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water | The radical mizu stands for water. It is commonly used in its short form 氵. |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 線 |
せん |
line (also telephone, railway), wire, beam |
| 新幹線 |
しんかんせん |
bullet train: "Shinkansen" |
| 三味線 |
しゃみせん |
Shamisen, three-stringed Japanese guitar |
| 幹線 |
かんせん |
main line, trunk line |
| 水平線 |
すいへいせん |
horizon (on water) |
| 地平線 |
ちへいせん |
horizon (on land) |
| 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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