縦

vertical, length, height, self-indulgent, wayward

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ジュウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

たて

Stroke Order

16 / 16

Information

Grade:6

Strokes:16

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1258

Vocabulary

ジュウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
縦断	ジュウダン	running through (north-south); cutting across; travelling across; cutting vertically; sectioning longitudinally
操縦	ソウジュウ	steering; piloting; flying; control; operation; handling; management (of people); handling; manipulation; maneuvering
縦横	ジュウオウ	length and width; length and breadth; lengthwise and crosswise; vertical and horizontal; the four cardinal points; every direction; all directions; as one wishes; as one pleases; at will
縦横無尽	ジュウオウムジン	freely; right and left; as one pleases
縦貫	ジュウカン	running through; traversal

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
縦	たて	the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship); hierarchy; (weaving) warp
縦	タテ	the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship); hierarchy; (weaving) warp
縦書き	たてがき	writing vertically; vertical writing
縦え	たとえ	even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing; supposing that; -ever
縦横	たてよこ	length and breadth; length and width; warp and weft; warp and woof

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