The kanji 縦: meaning, readings and stroke order

縦

Meaning: vertical, lengthwise
On reading: ジュウ juu
Kun reading: たて tate
Strokes: 16
Radical: 糸 silk
Level: Level 6 · grade 6
Old form: 縱

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: chiều dọc (tung)
Japanese: たて。うえからしたへのむき。
Korean: 세로 (종)
Chinese: 竖、纵 (纵)

Readings, words and example sentences

ジュウ juu · on reading · less common

縦じゅう断だん
going from one end to the other
国を 縦じゅう断だんする旅です。
It is a trip from one end of the country to the other.

たて tate · kun reading

縦たて
up and down, lengthwise
紙を 縦たてに半分に折ります。
I fold the paper in half the long way.

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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.