Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
Variants:
droop, suspend, hang, slouch
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1720 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 垂直 【スイチョク】 vertical, perpendicular
  • 垂纓 【スイエイ】 hanging tail (of a traditional Japanese hat), drooping tail
  • 口蓋垂 【コウガイスイ】 uvula
  • 虫垂 【チュウスイ】 (vermiform) appendix

Kun reading compounds

  • 垂れる 【たれる】 to hang, to droop, to dangle, to sag, to lower, to pull down, to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status), to confer, to grant, to bestow, to drip, to ooze, to trickle, to drop, to leave behind (at death), to say, to utter, to excrete (urine, feces, etc.), to let out (a fart)
  • 垂らす 【たらす】 to dribble, to spill, to suspend, to hang down, to slouch, to dangle
  • 垂れ 【たれ】 sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce), hanging, something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.), (kendo) loin guard, kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character, woman, -ass, -head
  • 垂れ幕 【たれまく】 hanging banner, hanging screen, curtain
  • 直垂 【ひたたれ】 ancient ceremonial court robe
  • 垂んとす 【なりなんとす】 to close in on (a certain age, etc.), to approach, to get close to
  • 垂んとする 【なんなんとする】 to close in on (30 years of age, etc.), to approach, to get close to

Readings

Japanese names:
たる、 だれ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chui2
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • estar colgado
  • colgar
  • suspender

Portuguese

  • declínio
  • suspender
  • pendurar
  • negligente

French

  • pendre
  • suspendre
  • tomber
  • être avachi
  • goutter
918 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
907 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1716 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
211 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1214 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1150 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
761 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1070 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1117 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1322 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
350 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4382 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2219 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2985 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1596 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5012 Morohashi
3565 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
999 New Nelson (John Haig)
1582 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1705 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
866 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2272 2001 Kanji
0a8.12 The Kanji Dictionary
4-8-2 SKIP code
2-1-7 SKIP code
2010.4 Four corner code
1-31-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5782 Unicode hex code

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 纓 【エイ】 tail (of a traditional Japanese cap), chinstrap
  • 垂纓 【スイエイ】 hanging tail (of a traditional Japanese hat), drooping tail
  • 立纓 【リュウエイ】 erect tail (of a traditional Japanese hat)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ying1
Korean:
yeong

Spanish

Portuguese

French

28067 Morohashi
4620 New Nelson (John Haig)
6a17.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-17 SKIP code
2694.4 Four corner code
1-69-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7e93 Unicode hex code