Japanese symbol for “ordinate”
縦座標
たてざひょう
Romaji: tatezahyou
ordinate
In Japanese, ordinate is 縦座標, read たてざひょう (tatezahyou).
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Meanings
- n ordinate (math)
Kanji and stroke order
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 |
| 座席 | ざせき zaseki | seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seating |
| 講座 | こうざ kouza | course (e.g. of lectures) |
| 即座 | そくざ sokuza | immediate; right there on the spot; impromptu |
| 目標 | もくひょう mokuhyou | goal; target; aim |
See also: Chinese symbol for “ordinate”.
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.