Kanji
N1 16 strokes Grade 6 freq #1258

vertical, length, height, self-indulgent, wayward

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

silk ito

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

steering; piloting
length and width; length and breadth
running through (north-south); cutting across
freely; right and left
running through; traversal
radio control
stretching out (in a longitudinal direction); running

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

the vertical; height
dividing vertically; vertical split
writing vertically; vertical writing
(weaving) warp
vertical axis; vertical line
length and breadth; length and width

Example sentences

He taught them how to sail ships.

I had trouble with the new car. It was difficult to steer.

You cannot make a crab walk straight.

I swam two pool lengths.