# 線 — Line

Frequency rank 293 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 常 (Normal), less common than 害 (Damage).

- On’yomi: せん
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 糸 Silk (Kangxi 120)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX
- School grade: 2
- Strokes: 15

The Tsunami rips the town in half and drags back out, and the hill Spring pays one Silk Thread taut down the seam it left; whoever puts a boot over that Line takes fire from the far bank, so nobody has crossed in a week.

In words:

- 線 せん — line
- 線路 せんろ — line,track,roadbed
- 曲線 きょくせん — curve

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