Kanji N1

縦: vertical, length, height

縦 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning vertical, length, height, written with 16 strokes. It is read ジュウ (on) and たて (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 操縦 (そうじゅう, steering) and 縦 (たて, the vertical).

縦

Meanings

  • vertical
  • length
  • height
  • self-indulgent
  • wayward
Strokes16
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#1258 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ジュウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • たて

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Common words with 縦

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 操縦そうじゅう

    steering; piloting; flying; control; operation

    JLPT N1
  • 縦たて

    the vertical; height

    JLPT N5
  • 縦横じゅうおう

    length and width; length and breadth

  • 縦断じゅうだん

    running through (north-south); cutting across

  • 縦書きたてがき

    writing vertically; vertical writing

  • 縦割りたてわり

    dividing vertically; vertical split

  • 縦糸たていと

    (weaving) warp

  • 縦軸たてじく

    vertical axis; vertical line

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.