| 線 | 1422A25 93B.02-6 | 部居  | 畫數 15 | ㄒㄧㄢˋ [xian4] . [Var. of 線 93B.71] | ||
| N. | (1) A thread: 針線 needlework; 棉線 cotton thread; 毛線 wool, woolen yarn; 絲線 silk thread; 鐵線 wire; 電線 wire (for electric power); 無線電 radio, wireless, etc. (2) A line: 直線 straight line; 平行線 parallel lines; 弧線 a curve; 界線 boundary line; 海岸線 coast line; 分水線 water shed. (3) Battle line: 前線 front line, front unit; 防線 defense line. (4) Route: 航線 navigation route; 路線 route in gen.; 幹線 main line; 支線 branch line. (5) Ray: 一線希望，光明 a ray of hope, of light; 一線生機 a feeble thread of life, a ray of hope; 宇宙線 cosmic ray; X 光線 X-ray; 紫外線 ultraviolet ray; 紅外線 infrared ray; 輻射線 radiation; 光線 light ray, beam. (6) Line of detection: 線索 [xian4suo3]↓; 線人 [xian4ren2]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 線蟲 [xian4chong2], n., tapeworm and the like, Nematoda. 2. 線圈 [xian4qUan1], n., a coil. 3. 線段 [xian4duan4], n., section of line. 4. 線桄（子）（兒） [xian4guang4]([zi0])([er0]), n., ball of thread; yarn. 5. 線軸 [xian4zhou2], n., spool for thread; bobbin. 6. 線裝書 [xian4zhuang1shu1], n., books bound by stitches at back, gen. term for Chin. books of old-type binding. 7. 線腳 [xian4jUe2] ([xian4jiao3]), n., the visible stitches. 8. 線路 [xian4lu4], n., line of communication; circuit. 9. 線民 [xian4min2], n., stool pigeon. 10. 線人 [xian4ren2], n., see [xian4min2]↑. 11. 線香 [xian4xiang1], n., coil incense. 12. 線索 [xian4suo3], n., line of story, clue to be followed in tracing crime. 13. 線膛 [xian4tang2], n., gun barrel with spiral lines inside. 14. 線條 [xian4tiao2], n., the line in drawing. 15. 線頭兒 [xian4tou2er0], n., odd pieces of thread; (fig.) beginnings of things. | |||||
| 線 | 1441C10 93B.71-7 | ㄒㄧㄢˋ [xian4] . [Var. of 線 93B.02] |