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縦

Vertical
Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingジュウ
Kun readingたて
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 6Level 34

Meanings

  1. verticalRtK
  2. length
  3. warp
  1. the vertical
  2. height
  3. front-to-back
  4. north-to-south

Homonyms

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Same reading (たて)
盾 · shield

Radicals and components

Radical糸silk纟variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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thread (糸) · spiderman · accompany · Nelson · column · going (行) · line · horns · mend

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1436

Compound words

縦断じゅうだん
running through (north-south); cutting across; travelling across; cutting vertically; sectioning longitudinally
操縦そうじゅう
steering; piloting; flying; control; operation
縦横じゅうおう
length and width; length and breadth; lengthwise and crosswise; vertical and horizontal; the four cardinal points
縦書きたてがき
writing vertically; vertical writing
縦貫じゅうかん
running through
縦縞たてじま
vertical stripes
縦書たてがき
writing vertically
縦樋たてどい
downpipe
縦列じゅうれつ
vertical column, file
縦框たてがまち
stile
縦じまたてじま
vertical stripes
縦んばよしんば
even if
縦横家しょうおうか
School of Diplomacy (school of thought during the Warring States period in China)
操縦桿そうじゅうかん
control column
才気縦横さいきじゅうおう
great wisdom
車両縦隊しゃりょうじゅうたい
military convoy
縦しんばよしんば
even if
縦横無尽じゅうおうむじん
freely
縦横無礙じゅうおうむげ
being as free as the air
操縦席音声記録装置そうじゅうせきおんせいきろくそうち
(cockpit) voice recorder

Kun Reading Examples

体積を計算するなら、縦と横と深さを掛ければよい。たて
To calculate the volume, multiply the length by the width by the depth.tatoeba
縦横８フィートの部屋の面積は６４平方フィートである。たてよこ
The area of an 8-foot square room is 64 square feet.tatoeba
蟹を縦に歩かせることはできない。たて
You cannot make a crab walk straight.tatoeba
プールを縦に二回泳いだ。たて
I swam two pool lengths.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は彼らに船の操縦法を教えた。
He taught them how to sail ships.tatoeba
彼は操縦士としての自分の技術を大変誇りにしている。
He is very proud of his skill as a pilot.tatoeba
大きな旅客機を操縦するには、長時間の訓練と経験が必要である。
To fly big passenger airliners calls for long training and experience.tatoeba
体積を計算するなら、縦と横と深さを掛ければよい。
To calculate the volume, multiply the length by the width by the depth.tatoeba

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Vertical. 糸 (thread) + 従 (follow) — a thread running top to bottom. 縦 — length, vertical.

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