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縦

縦 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. たて。
  2. 縦え（たとえ）。縦しんば（よしんば）。
  3. ほしいまま。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「縱」の略体。「縱」については当該項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

vertical, length, height, self-indulgent, wayward

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ジュウElem.
Kun (native)
  • たてElem.
Other languages
  • 拼音zong4
  • 한글jong
  • 한글chong
  • Hán-ViệtSỉ

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
糸(いと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+7E26

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰糸従

Words using this kanji

  • 縦たて（たて）平面では上下に、立体では前後に貫く方向。 （ほしいまま）自分の思い通りに行動するさま。the vertical, height, front-to-back, length
  • 縦横じゅうおう縦と横。 南北と東西。 四方八方。length and width, length and breadth, lengthwise and crosswise, vertical and horizontal
  • 縦断じゅうだん縦の方向に断ち切ること。 縦または南北の方向に通り抜けること。running through (north-south), cutting across, travelling across, cutting vertically
  • 縦書きたてがき「たてがき」の漢字表記。writing vertically, vertical writing
  • 縦横たてよこ縦と横。 南北と東西。 四方八方。length and breadth, length and width, warp and weft, warp and woof
  • 縦割りたてわりdividing vertically, vertical split, top-to-bottom sectioning, division into sections
  • 縦糸たていと(weaving) warp
  • 縦軸たてじく直交する座標で縦方向の軸。vertical axis, vertical line, vertical shaft, spindle
  • 縦横無尽じゅうおうむじん自由自在に思う存分物事をするさま。freely, right and left, as one pleases
  • 縦貫じゅうかん縦または南北の方向へ貫くこと。running through, traversal
  • 縦走じゅうそう尾根づたいに山を歩くこと。 山などが南北方向に連なっていること。stretching out (in a longitudinal direction), running, traversing, walking along the ridge of a mountain
  • 縦縞たてじまvertical stripes, striped fabric
  • 縦線じゅうせん（じゅうせん / たてせん）縦の線。 （じゅうせん）五線記譜法で書かれた楽譜の小節を区切る線。小節線。vertical line, vertical bar (symbol), bar line
  • 縦覧じゅうらん思いのままに見ること。 公共機関や企業の文書について、権限ある人には、求めに応じ閲覧させること。inspection, unrestricted viewing, reading
  • 縦長たてながoblong, vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes), portrait orientation
  • 縦隔じゅうかくmediastinum
  • 縦列じゅうれつ縦に並ぶ様子。column, file, (vertical) line
  • 縦波たてなみ「たてなみ」を参照。longitudinal wave
  • 縦陣じゅうじん艦隊の艦船を縦の方向へ直線に並べた陣形。column
  • 縦笛たてぶえend-blown flute (esp. the recorder)

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-10
Four Corner
2898.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6a10.2
Heisig
1436
Nelson
3597