縦 — kanji meaning “vertical”
縦
vertical, length, height, self-indulgent, wayward
- Meanings
- vertical, length, height, self-indulgent, wayward
- On'yomi
- ジュウ (juu)
- Kun'yomi
- たて
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1258 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 120
- Chinese reading
- zòng
Words with 縦
| 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 | たてよこ tateyoko | length and breadth; length and width |
| 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 |
| 縦貫 | じゅうかん juukan | running through; traversal |
| 縦糸 | たていと tateito | (weaving) warp |
| 縦長 | たてなが tatenaga | oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation |
| 縦列 | じゅうれつ juuretsu | column; file; (vertical) line |
| 縦縞 | たてじま tatejima | vertical stripes; striped fabric |
| 縦書き | たてがき tategaki | writing vertically; vertical writing |
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