纵 — Chinese character
纵
zòng
to indulge in, to give free reign to
- Pinyin
- zòng
- Radical
- 120 ⽷ (Silk)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 纟 从
- Formation
- pictophonetic — thread; meaning component 纟; sound component 从
- Traditional
- 縱
Common words with 纵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 操纵 (操縱) | cāo zòng | to operate; to control |
| 纵然 (縱然) | zòng rán | even if; even though |
| 纵横 (縱橫) | zòng héng | lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal; length and breadth |
| 纵火 (縱火) | zòng huǒ | to set on fire; to commit arson |
| 放纵 (放縱) | fàng zòng | to indulge; to pamper |
| 纵容 (縱容) | zòng róng | to tolerate or condone wrongdoing; to allow (sb) to engage in bad behavior |
| 纵队 (縱隊) | zòng duì | column; file (formation of people) (CL:列 (liè),路 (lù)); PLA army corps (1946–1949) |
| 纵向 (縱向) | zòng xiàng | longitudinal; vertical |
| 纵深 (縱深) | zòng shēn | depth (from front to rear); depth (into a territory) |
| 纵使 (縱使) | zòng shǐ | even if; even though |
| 纵观 (縱觀) | zòng guān | to survey comprehensively; an overall survey |
| 纵贯 (縱貫) | zòng guàn | lit. warp string in weaving; fig. vertical or north-south lines |
English words written with 纵
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.