This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: セン、すじ
Romaji: sen, suji
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

line, track

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  15
Radical Number:  120
Frequency:  382
Grade:  2
Skip Pattern:  1-6-9
Korean Reading:  seon
Chinese Reading:  xian4
Unicode:  7dda
JIS:  407E

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1392
Nelson Index: 3580
New Nelson Index: 4548
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6a9.7
Four Corner Index: 2693.2
Guide to Remembering Index: 329
Gakken Index: 247
Daikanwanjiten Index: 27641
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.1116
Remembering the kanji Index: 1339
Busy People Index: 2.20
Kanji Flashcards Index: 826
Kodansha Compact Index: 1551
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 176
Kanji in Context Index: 841
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 944
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1273
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1351
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1438
Essential Kanji Index: 389
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1760
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2742
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 447
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 236

Words

(せん)
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
戦線 (せんせん)
(war) front
沿線 (えんせん)
along railway line
幹線 (かんせん)
main line; trunk line
曲線 (きょくせん)
curve
新幹線 (しんかんせん)
Shinkansen; bullet train
車線 (しゃせん)
traffic lane; road lane
支線 (しせん)
branch line
光線 (こうせん)
beam; light ray
回線 (かいせん)
circuit; line
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