Japanese symbol for “vertical”
縦
たて
Romaji: tate
the vertical; height
In Japanese, vertical is 縦, read たて (tate).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n the vertical; height
- n front-to-back; length
- n north-to-south
- adj-no, n vertical (relationship); hierarchy
- n (weaving) warp
Written forms: 縦、竪、経. Readings: たて、タテ.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “vertical”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 垂直 | すいちょく suichoku | vertical |
| バーチカル | バーチカル baachikaru | vertical |
| 鉛直 | えんちょく enchoku | upright; vertical; perpendicular |
| 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 |
See also: Chinese symbol for “vertical”.
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.