JLPT N4 · Getting around

線

せん

line; track

Stroke order of 線

線 is written with 15 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

Thread (糸) beside a spring (泉): a thin line running like a stream.

Parts: 糸 thread + 泉 spring

Example sentence

白い線の内側に立ってください。

しろいせんのうちがわにたってください。

Please stand inside the white line.

Words with 線

新幹線bullet train 路線route; line 直線straight line 曲線curve

More words: Getting around

運ぶto carry 飛行場airfield; airport 新幹線bullet train 駐車parking 停留所bus stop 見送るto see off 旅journey 海外overseas 帰国returning to one's country 通るto pass through 地下underground

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