漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
垂: droop, suspend
Also: hang, slouch
JLPT N18 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
土 carries the meaning · 千 is drawn in
8 strokes
Bronze · Spring and Autumn Small seal · Qin Today
Bronze and small seal: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Four readings, and the words that use each
スイsui · on'yomi · in compounds
- 垂線すいせんperpendicular line
- 懸垂けんすいpull-up, chinning exercise
- 虫垂炎ちゅうすいえんappendicitis
- 垂直なすいちょくなvertical, perpendicular
たれるtareru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 垂れるたれるhang, dangle, droop [v.i]
たらすtarasu · kun'yomi
- 垂らすたらすhang, dangle, spill [v.t.]
たれtare · kun'yomi
- 垂れたれsauce, gravy, hanging
- 雨垂れあまだれraindrops
Also read -たれ, なんなんとす, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a cross planted firmly in the ground—that's 土! It shows a stake or a seedling marking the earth, reminding us of farming, construction, and the solid foundation upon which we build our lives and cities.”
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Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
垂 gives its sound to
The family reading is スイ (sui). Sound parts: KanjiVG.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · chuí
Same form: 垂 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 垂 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 垂 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chuí most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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