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xiàn

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xiàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiàn | xian4
English translation
line, thread, wire; clue, trail

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About xiàn

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

xiàn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

thread

Etymology of xiàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

糹泉

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

quán

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and jiān represents the sound. Simplified form of xiàn .

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Words with xiàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
线 xiàn thread xiàn
线索 xiànsuǒ trail線索
路线 lù xiàn itinerary路線
线路 xiàn lù line線路
热线 rè xiàn hotline (communications link)熱線
在线 zài xiàn online在線
无线 wú xiàn wireless無線
视线 shìxiàn line of sight視線
底线 dǐ xiàn to underline底線
无线电 wú xiàn diàn wireless無線電
曲线 qū xiàn curve曲線
一线 yī xiàn front line一線
光线 guāng xiàn light ray光線
前线 qián xiàn front line前線
短线 duǎn xiàn short term短線
航线 háng xiàn air or shipping route航線
电线 diàn xiàn wire電線
直线 zhí xiàn straight line直線
线条 xiàn tiáo line (in drawing, calligraphy etc)線條
战线 zhàn xiàn battle line戰線
生产线 shēng chǎn xiàn assembly line生產線
有线电视 yǒu xiàn diàn shì cable television有線電視
紫外线 zǐ wài xiàn ultraviolet ray紫外線
射线 shè xiàn ray射線
天线 tiān xiàn antenna天線

xiàn Decomposition & Compounds

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