8 strokes · radical 纟 (silk) · traditional 線
15 strokes · simplified 线
A picture that makes the shape stick — not a claim about the character’s history.
Draft — written with AI help and not yet read by a person. What that means.
Silk beside 戋, small. A thread, then a line, then the 线 in 路线 and 在线.
Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.
thread; string
xiàn — thread; string
Radical 纟 (silk) · 8 strokes · traditional 線
15 strokes · simplified 线
A way to remember itSilk beside 戋, small. A thread, then a line, then the 线 in 路线 and 在线.