縦 — vertical/lengthwise

Grade 6 kanji · 16 strokes · on'yomi juu · kun'yomi tate.

Thread (糸) hanging straight down as one follows (従) — vertical.

Example words

• 縦 — tate — vertical
• 縦断 — juudan — traversing lengthwise

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