垂
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to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 土 +5
- Structure
- Overlaid 叠加
- Traditional
- 垂
- Common rank
- #1,297
- Unicode
- U+5782
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
droop · Heisig RSH #1241
porter + silage
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 垂
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马斯垂克 | Maastricht (Netherlands) | |
| 垂直起落飞机 | vertical takeoff and landing aircraft | |
| 脑下垂体 | pituitary glands (at the base of the skull) | |
| 家累千金，坐不垂堂 | lit. a wealthy person does not sit under the eaves (idiom); fig. a rich man does not expos… | |
| 垂直和短距起落飞机 | vertical or short takeoff and landing aircraft | |
| 名垂青史 | lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory | |
| 母子垂直感染 | mother-to-infant transmission | |
| 脑垂体 | pituitary gland | |
| 垂直线 | vertical line | |
| 垂头丧气 | hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected; crestfallen | |
| 坐不垂堂 | lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep out… | |
| 肉垂麦鸡 | (bird species of China) red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) | |
| 垂体 | pituitary gland | |
| 考文垂 | Coventry, city in the West Midlands, England | |
| 下垂 | to droop; to sag; to hang down; sagging; drooping; prolapse (medicine) | |
| 垂下 | to hang down | |
| 功败垂成 | to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure; to fall at the last hurdle; … | |
| 垂老 | approaching old age | |
| 垂线 | (math.) perpendicular line; vertical line | |
| 垂死 | dying |
Sound family
These characters use 垂 as their sound component — compare how they read.