Jisho

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16 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
Variants:
vertical, length, height, self-indulgent, wayward
Kun:
たて
On:
ジュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1258 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 縦断 【ジュウダン】 running through (north-south), cutting across, travelling across, cutting vertically, sectioning longitudinally
  • 縦横 【ジュウオウ】 length and width, length and breadth, lengthwise and crosswise, vertical and horizontal, the four cardinal points, every direction, all directions, as one wishes, as one pleases, at will
  • 無線操縦 【ムセンソウジュウ】 radio-controlled (plane)
  • 自動操縦 【ジドウソウジュウ】 automatic pilot, autopilot, automatic control

Kun reading compounds

  • 縦 【たて】 the vertical, height, front-to-back, length, north-to-south, vertical (relationship), hierarchy, (weaving) warp
  • 縦書き 【たてがき】 writing vertically, vertical writing

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zong4
Korean:
jong, chong

Spanish

  • vertical
  • hacer según se ha pensado

Portuguese

  • vertical
  • comprimento
  • altura
  • elevado pessoa indulgente
  • rebelde

French

  • vertical
  • longueur
  • hauteur
  • égoïste
  • entêté
903 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
892 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1383 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3597 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1559 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1644 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1483 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1580 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1300 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1556 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1783 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
952 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1286 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1350 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27804P Morohashi
1408 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4571 New Nelson (John Haig)
1338 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1436 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
994 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2770 2001 Kanji
6a10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-10 SKIP code
2898.1 Four corner code
1-29-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7e26 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
say
Parts:
write
Kun:
か.く-が.き-がき
On:
ショ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
169 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 書 【ショ】 book, document, calligraphy (esp. Chinese), penmanship, handwriting, letter, note
  • 書院 【ショイン】 drawing room, study, writing alcove, publishing house
  • 投書 【トウショ】 letter (e.g. of complaint), letter to the editor, letter from a reader, contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
  • 議定書 【ギテイショ】 protocol

Kun reading compounds

  • 書く 【かく】 to write, to compose, to pen, to draw, to paint

Readings

Japanese names:
かき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu1
Korean:
seo

Spanish

  • escritura
  • escrito
  • escribir

Portuguese

  • escrever

French

  • écrire
92 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
159 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
142 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
130 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3719 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
70 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
58 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1216 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
131 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
131 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
181 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
998 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3292 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1703 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2314 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
333 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14294 Morohashi
2658 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2463 New Nelson (John Haig)
327 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
349 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
121 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
197 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1678 2001 Kanji
4c6.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-4 SKIP code
5060.1 Four corner code
1-29-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66f8 Unicode hex code