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Kanji Detail for 垂 - "to hang, to drop, to bestow"

垂

  • Meaning

    垂 means "to hang, to drop, to bestow."

    1. Hang - To suspend; to droop.

    2. Drop - To let fall; to lower.

    3. Bestow - To grant; to give.

    4. Almost - Nearly; about to.

  • Words using 垂

    • 垂直 すいちょく Listen vertical; perpendicular
    • 垂れ幕 たれまく Listen hanging banner; hanging screen; curtain
    • 垂らす たらす Listen to dribble; to spill; to suspend
    • 垂れる たれる Listen to hang; to droop; to dangle
    • 雨垂れ あまだれ Listen raindrops (dripping from eaves, branches, etc.); exclamation point; exclamation mark

  • Four-character idioms with 垂

    • 垂涎三尺 すいぜんさんじゃく Listen avid desire; drooling over (something); watering at the mouth
    • 垂直思考 すいちょくしこう Listen rigid (stereotypical) thinking that adheres to preconceived notions; vertical thinking; linear thinking
    • 永垂不朽 えいすいふきゅう Listen one's fame or achievements being passed down eternally
    • 率先垂範 そっせんすいはん Listen set an example worth following; take the initiative in doing something thereby setting an example for others to follow

  • Tattoo check: 垂

    • Verified meaning: to hang, to drop, to bestow
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read しげる, しずり, しだる, しづ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 垂

    Given names 垂(しずり)Listen 垂(しづ)Listen

    Surnames 垂(しげる)Listen 垂(しだる)Listen 垂(すい)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    droop; suspend; hang; slouch

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    let down; suspend, hand; down

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to hang, to dangle; to hand down, to bequeath; almost, near

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Drawing something down from above to below. | Same as 陲. 邊陲 is also written as 邊垂, meaning the border. | About to reach. Such as 事在垂成, meaning about to succeed. | Terms from superior to inferior often use 垂. Such as 垂念, 關垂, both meaning the superior thinking of those below.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sui(スイ) スイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    nan'nanto.su(なんなんとす) なんなんとす

    ta.rasu(た-らす) た-らす

    ta.reru(た-れる) た-れる

    tare(たれ) たれ

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    土 (tsuchi・tsuchihen・dohen)

  • Related Keywords

    hang drop bestow almost droop suspend dangle fall give grant lower nearly sag swing trail drape

Sentences including 垂

  • Constant dripping wears away a stone.

  • Your nose is running!

  • The clouds hung low.

  • Dark clouds were brooding over the city.

  • How many chin-ups can you do, Tom?

  • The cliff is almost vertical.

  • The boughs that bear most hang lowest.

  • Icicles hung from the roof.

  • That pole is not quite vertical.

  • Icicles hang from the roof of the house.

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