漢字城 Kanji Fortress

線 line

On'yomi
セン
Strokes
15
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 2

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. 14
  15. 15
線 is written in 15 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A thread stretched out from a spring runs straight across the map: a line.

A common word

  • 新幹線 しんかんせん bullet train

Example sentences

  • ここにあかいせんをひいてください。

    Please draw a red line here.

  • えきでやまのてせんにのります。

    I'll take the Yamanote Line at the station.

Kanji that share a part

糸 is its radical. 71 kanji share it in all.