Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N2

382 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: line, track

Kunyomi: すじ

Onyomi: セン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: いとへん

Meaning: silk

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

(せん)   line [n.]

路(せんろ)   train track

(ちょくせん)   straight line

(きょくせん)   curve

(でんせん)   electric wire

(せんせん)   front (in a war)

(ぜんせん)   front line, weather front

沿(えんせん)   along a train line

一番(いちばんせん)   Track No. 1

新幹(しんかんせん)   Shinkansen

水平(すいへいせん)   horizon

する(だっせんする)   derail, digress

Onyomi Examples

セン line, stripe, stria, line (e.g. telephone line), wire, ray (e.g. X-ray), beam, line (e.g. of a railroad), track, route, lane, outline, contours, form, level, division, line (of action), position, approach, policy, principle, impression one leaves, air one gives off

繊維 センイ fibre, fiber, textile

オウセン horizontal line

赤外 セキガイセン infrared rays, infrared radiation