Japanese symbol for “longitudinal”
縦断的
じゅうだんてき
Romaji: juudanteki
longitudinal
In Japanese, longitudinal is 縦断的, read じゅうだんてき (juudanteki).
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Meanings
- adj-na longitudinal
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “longitudinal”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 縦型 | たてがた tategata | vertical; portrait-style; longitudinal |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 操縦 | そうじゅう soujuu | steering; piloting; flying |
| 縦横 | じゅうおう juuou | length and width; length and breadth; lengthwise and crosswise |
| 縦断 | じゅうだん juudan | running through (north-south); cutting across; travelling across |
| 縦横無尽 | じゅうおうむじん juuoumujin | freely; right and left; as one pleases |
| 縦走 | じゅうそう juusou | stretching out (in a longitudinal direction); running; traversing |
| 判断 | はんだん handan | judgment; judgement; decision |
| 診断 | しんだん shindan | diagnosis; medical examination |
| 決断 | けつだん ketsudan | decision; determination |
| 目的 | もくてき mokuteki | purpose; goal; aim |
See also: Chinese symbol for “longitudinal”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.