縱 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

形声。「糸」+音符「從」。「ゆるめる」を意味する漢語{縱}を表す字。のち仮借して「たて」を意味する漢語{縱}に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

indulge in, give free reign to

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ジュウ
Kun (native)
  • たて
Other languages
  • 拼音zong4
  • 拼音zong1
  • 한글jong
  • 한글chong
  • Hán-ViệtTúng
  • Hán-ViệtTổng
  • Hán-ViệtTung

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
糸(いと)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+7E31

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰糸從

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-11
Four Corner
2828.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6a10.2
Nelson
3600