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垂 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「土」

道
5Elementary year 6 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「土」
On
スイすい · sui
Kun
た(れる)・た(らす)ta(reru) · ta(rasu)
Meaning
to hang down; droop

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Branches and leaves drooping down with 土 "earth"; hanging toward the ground — hence "to hang down."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onスイすいsui垂直すいちょく懸垂けんすい胃下垂いかすい
Kunたれるtareru垂れるたれる雨垂れあまだれ
Kunたらすtarasu垂らすたらす

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 垂直すいちょく

    vertical; perpendicular

  • 雨垂れあまだれ

    raindrops from eaves

More words with this kanji

  • 垂れ幕たれまく
  • 垂木たるき
  • 洟垂れはなたれ
  • 垂涎すいぜん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

枝(えだ)が地面(じめん)まで垂(た)れている。

The branch hangs down to the ground.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

垂直雨垂れ垂直straig…雨rain域area土earth圦sluice…圧pressu…在to exi…推to inf…水water吹blow炊cook帥comman…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 土Map of reading スイAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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