Kanji: 線

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N2 (upper intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 9 (completion of 2nd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 2nd grade in Japan
Radical:	糸 Radical name: いと
Meaning:	Line, track
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 400 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N4	線(せん)	line
N3	地平線(ちへいせん)	horizon
N2	下線(かせん)	underline, underscore
N2	曲線(きょくせん)	curve
N2	光線(こうせん)	beam, light ray
N2	新幹線(しんかんせん)	bullet train (very high speed), shinkansen
N2	水平線(すいへいせん)	horizon
N2	線路(せんろ)	line, track, roadbed
N2	脱線(だっせん)	derailment, digression
N2	直線(ちょくせん)	straight line
N2	内線(ないせん)	phone extension, indoor wiring, inner line
N1	沿線(えんせん)	along railway line
N1	幹線(かんせん)	main line, trunk line
N1	三味線(さみせん)	three-stringed Japanese guitar, shamisen
N1	点線(てんせん)	dotted line, perforated line
N1	電線(でんせん)	electric line
N1	無線(むせん)	wireless, radio