The kanji 垂: meaning, readings and stroke order

垂

Meaning: hang down, drip
On reading: スイ sui
Kun reading: た（れる） tareru、た（らす） tarasu
Strokes: 8
Radical: 土 earth
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: rủ xuống, nhỏ giọt (thùy)
Japanese: たれる。たらす。
Korean: 늘어지다, 드리우다 (수)
Chinese: 垂下、滴

Readings, words and example sentences

スイ sui · on reading

垂すい直ちょく
at a right angle, straight up and down
二つの線が 垂すい直ちょくに交わります。
The two lines cross at a right angle.

た（れる） tareru · kun reading · less common

垂たれる
to hang down
えだが地面まで 垂たれて います。
The branches hang down to the ground.

た（らす） tarasu · kun reading · less common

垂たらす
to let drip, to hang down
水を一てき 垂たらします。
I let one drop of water fall.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.