What 絤 means
An old written form of 線 for thread.
Classical dictionaries group 絤 with 線 and related forms. As of 2026, the sources checked show an evolved dictionary trail rather than a one-off invention.
Chinese and Japanese references keep the thread-or-line sense; only the written form changes, so treat 絤 as a variant spelling.
Historical and specialist; in ordinary prose it looks like an unusual 線/线.
Use 線/线 for ordinary thread or line.
Who writes 絤
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Don't confuse it with
1線 / 线 / 綫 Same thread-or-line meaning; 絤 is the historical variant beside these standard forms.
Questions people ask
1Why can 絤 look different in fonts?
It can. Some fonts draw this environment-dependent character differently, but the meaning stays thread or line.
How to type or find 絤
- Search it as
- 線 · 线 · 綫 · thread · line · sewing · xian · xiàn
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
絤\7D64Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

