Chinese symbol for “vertical”
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vertical is 纵 (zòng), defined as: vertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); from front to back; longitudinal; lengthwise (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); military unit corresponding to an army corps (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); (bound form) to release (a captive); to indulge; to leap up.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “vertical”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 竖直 (豎直) | shù zhí | vertical; to erect |
| 垂直 | chuí zhí | perpendicular; vertical |
| 直 | zhí | straight; to straighten |
| 竖 (豎) | shù | to erect; vertical |
| 纵向 (縱向) | zòng xiàng | longitudinal; vertical |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vertical”.
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.