天线

Traditional form:

天線

Pinyin (reading):

tiānxiàn

Definitions:

• antenna; aerial
• (fig.) connection to higher authorities; channel to influential people

Characters:

• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 线 - line, thread, wire; clue, trail

Traditional characters:

• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 線 - line, thread, wire; clue, trail