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Chinese symbol for “ordinate”

纵坐标
zòng zuò biāo
Traditional: 縱座標
vertical coordinate; ordinate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ordinate is 纵坐标 (zòng zuò biāo), defined as: vertical coordinate; ordinate.

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Characters and stroke order

纵 zòng
to indulge in, to give free reign to
radical 120 ⽷ · 7 strokes
坐 zuò
seat; to sit; to ride, to travel by
radical 32 ⼟ · 7 strokes
标 biāo
mark, sign, symbol; bid, prize
radical 75 ⽊ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 纵坐标.

WordPinyinMeaning
操纵 (操縱)cāo zòngto operate; to control
纵然 (縱然)zòng ráneven if; even though
纵横 (縱橫)zòng hénglit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal; length and breadth
纵火 (縱火)zòng huǒto set on fire; to commit arson
放纵 (放縱)fàng zòngto indulge; to pamper
纵容 (縱容)zòng róngto tolerate or condone wrongdoing; to allow (sb) to engage in bad behavior
坐下zuò xiato sit down
坐标 (坐標)zuò biāovariant of 坐标 (zuò biāo)
目标 (目標)mù biāotarget; goal

See also: Japanese symbol for “ordinate”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.