縦 means “vertical, lengthwise”

たて · tate

Also: length, height, self-indulgent

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

たて

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ジュウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in grade 6 · 16 strokes

The story

Thread (糸) beside 従, to follow: picture threads on a loom running straight down, one following the next. 縦 is vertical or lengthwise: novels are often printed 縦書き, top to bottom, and 操縦 is piloting a plane.

Used in 縦 (tate, vertical/length), 縦書き (tategaki, vertical writing), and 操縦 (soujuu, piloting/steering)

More from Shapes & Angles

• 緯 latitude
• 径 diameter
• 斜 diagonal
• 傍 beside
• 塊 lump
• 孔 hole
• 凸 convex
• 凹 concave
• 弧 arc
• 隙 gap
• 環 ring
• 枠 frame

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.