线

Unicode: U+7EBF

Pinyin: xiàn

Definition

* 用丝、棉、麻、金属等制成的细长可以任意曲折的东西。 丝~。棉~。~圈。~材。~绳。 * 几何学上指一个点任意移动所构成的图形。 直~。曲~。~条。 * 像线的东西。 光~。视~。~索(➊事情的头绪或门径;➋文学作品中情节发展的脉络或文章的思路)。战~。生命~。 * 量词,用于抽象事物,数词限用"一",表示极少。 一~希望

line, thread, wire; clue

Structure

线 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
53_EF2F
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_EAD827_7DDA
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
85_E23185_E23285_E23385_E23485_E23585_E23785_E236

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC