纵
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vertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); from front to back; longitudinal; lengthwise (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); military unit corresponding to an army corps (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); (bound form) to release (a captive); to indulge; to leap up; (literary) even if
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 糸 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 縱
- Common rank
- #1,267
- Unicode
- U+7EB5
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
vertical · Heisig RSH #1092
thread + assembly line
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 纵
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一字纵队 | single file | |
| 合纵连横 | Vertical and Horizontal Alliance, opposing stratagems devised by the School of Diplomacy 縱… | |
| 纵断面 | vertical section; longitudinal section | |
| 纵虎归山 | lit. to let the tiger return to the mountain; fig. to store up future calamities | |
| 操纵自如 | to operate (a machine etc) with ease | |
| 纵横家 | School of Diplomacy of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocates were… | |
| 合纵 | Vertical Alliance, clique of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the … | |
| 纵线 | vertical line; vertical coordinate line | |
| 纵火 | to set on fire; to commit arson | |
| 纵横交错 | criss-crossed (idiom) | |
| 纵意 | willfully; wantonly | |
| 纵情 | to your heart's content | |
| 纵言 | to theorize generally | |
| 纵身 | to leap; to spring; to throw oneself | |
| 第五纵队 | fifth column (subversive group) | |
| 纵然 | even if; even though | |
| 纵火犯 | arsonist | |
| 纵声 | loudly; in a loud voice | |
| 纵波 | longitudinal wave | |
| 纵目 | as far as the eye can see |
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