Kanji N1

垂: droop, suspend, hang

垂 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning droop, suspend, hang, written with 8 strokes. It is read スイ (on) and たれる, たらす, たれ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 垂直 (すいちょく, vertical) and 垂れる (たれる, to hang).

垂

Meanings

  • droop
  • suspend
  • hang
  • slouch
Strokes8
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#1720 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • スイ

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

Kun reading
  • たれる
  • たらす
  • たれ
  • -たれ
  • なんなんとす

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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Now draw it

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 8. Start at the dot.

Common words with 垂

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

  • 垂直すいちょく

    vertical

    JLPT N2
  • 垂れるたれる

    to hang; to droop; to dangle; to sag; to lower

    JLPT N1
  • 垂れたれ

    sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce)

    JLPT N1
  • 垂れ幕たれまく

    hanging banner; hanging screen; curtain

  • 雨垂れあまだれ

    raindrops (dripping from eaves, branches, etc.)

  • 懸垂けんすい

    pull-up (exercise); chin-up; chinning

  • 垂らすたらす

    to dribble; to spill

  • 虫垂炎ちゅうすいえん

    appendicitis

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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.