Japanese Word Entry

Kana:せん
Romaji:sen
Definitions:
  1. line, stripe, stria

  2. line (e.g. telephone line), wire

  3. ray (e.g. X-ray), beam

  4. line (e.g. of a railroad), track, route, lane

  5. outline, contours, form

  6. level

  7. division

  8. line (of action), position, approach, policy, principle

  9. impression one leaves, air one gives off


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Chinese characters used in this word

line, track, thread, wire, clue
Readings
Mandarin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ (xiàn)
Cantonese: sin3
Japanese: セン (sen) / すじ (suji)
Korean: 선 (seon)
Vietnamese: tuyến
Variants
Simplified Chinese form: 线
Semantic variant form: