縦 — vertical, length, height

たて縦 vertical

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 16 strokes

U+7E26 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1258 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1436 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

vertical
length
height
self-indulgent
wayward

word

たて tate Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

縦(たて) tate vertical

しゅう・じゅう shuu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

操(そう) 縦(じゅう) soujuu piloting

Appears in idioms

縦横無尽四字熟語

vertical, sideways, nothingness, exhaust

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

いと糸 thread #120

したがう従 accompany

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#120 糸 thread

縦 — vertical, length, height

Meanings

word

たて tate Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

しゅう・じゅう shuu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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縦 — vertical, length, height

Meanings

word

たて tate Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

しゅう ・じゅう shuu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

しゅう・じゅう shuu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).