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線 means 'line'

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Strokes : 15    Frequency: 338   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-1    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 35    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 93 words   Used in 797 words   Used in 1559 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   セン
Additional readings
Kun    すじ line, track
Components
⿰  糸 thread  泉 spring  
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綿 cotton  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 線 is used 25 times, read 1 way. 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 線 is used 778 times, read 1 way. 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
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せ ん 1
Most common form: せん
noun, noun (suffix)
1. line; stripe; stria
2. line (e.g. telephone line); wire
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Part of a non-standard reading: 1 word. FIND ALL
し ゃ み せ ん 0
noun
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
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An additional 19 less common words include 線 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 176 (originally: 329)  Joy o' Kanji : 329  Key to Kanji: 638 

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線
セン   line
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糸
シ   いと thread   
泉
セン   いずみ spring   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
水
スイ   みず water   
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