垂 – droop, suspend, hang

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The kanji 垂 means droop, suspend, hang, slouch. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is スイ (sui); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is た.れる、た.らす、た.れ、-た.れ、なんなんと.す (tareru, tarasu, tare, tare, nannantosu). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 土 (no. 32).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	スイ	sui
Kun’yomi	た.れる	tareru
Kun’yomi	た.らす	tarasu
Kun’yomi	た.れ	tare
Kun’yomi	-た.れ	tare
Kun’yomi	なんなんと.す	nannantosu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 土 (Kangxi radical 32). Components: ｜・ノ・一.

Words using 垂

垂直すいちょくvertical垂れるたれるto hang

Example sentences

ヘリコプターは垂直に離陸し、着陸することができる。

A helicopter is able to take off and land straight up and down.

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濡れたタオルから滴が垂れている。

Water is dripping from the wet towel.

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Kanji with the same radical

地場報在増基土境域型均圧壊城執坂

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