thread / string / wire / line / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1] / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)

线 = + : Mnemonic symbol: barbed wire.

线 = + : The silk worm wants to use the floating tank in the anthill's bathroom, but there's already Marie Curie inside—and she secured the tank by setting up barbed wire all around it.

線 character breakdown

spring (small stream) / mouth of a spring / coin (archaic)

= + : Cupid (qu) opened a hot spring (泉) in the anthill's kitchen (an2) by connecting a water fountain (水) with the anthill's heating system. To mark his hot spring as a place of peace he set up a white flag (白) at the side of the spring.
"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]

A silk worm.

Characters with 線 as component

線 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 線

branch line / side road / spur / fig. secondary plot (in a story)
radiation / rays of radiation
diagonal line / slanting line / slash (punct.) / forward slash (computing)
crosswalk / zebra crossing
power strip / powerboard (with multiple electrical sockets)
variant of 折線|折线[zhe2 xian4], broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg
to reel in (a fishing line etc) / to hang up the phone
the front line / the attack (e.g. football forwards)
(angling) to play a fish / (kite-flying) to let the string out / (dating) to play the field
use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns
Taipei Metro Wenshan Line (known as the Muzha Line 木柵線|木栅线[Mu4 zha4 xian4] prior to October 8, 2009)
slash (punct.) / forward slash (computing) / virgule / slanting line / oblique line
switchboard operator / phone operator

Sentences with 線

線 currently does not appear in any sentence.