How to write 縱

Animated Stroke Order of 縱

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Free Printable 縱 Handwriting Practice Worksheets

Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "縱"

Printable Handwriting Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 縱

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Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of "縱"

Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 縱

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Meaning of 縱

Pinyin zòng

Radical

糹

Strokes

Definition

vertical, even if / release

Usage

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縱 zòng 1. 放: to let go; to release. Example: 放虎歸山 (let the tiger return to the mountain). Example: 放火 (set fire). 2. 放任；不拘束: to indulge; to be unrestrained. Example: 放縱 (indulge). Example: 放目四望 (look around carelessly). Example: 放情 (be carefree). Example: 放觀全域 (watch the whole area freely). 3. 身體猛然向前或向上: to leap forward or upward. Example: 縱身 (leap). 4. 即使: even if; even though. Example: 縱然 (even though). Example: 縱使 (even if). Example: 縱令 (even if). 5. 豎，直，南北的方向，與“橫”相對: to be upright; nether-south direction, opposite to 'horizontal'. Example: 縱橫交錯 (vertical and horizontal interlacing). Example: 縱橫捭闔 (to manipulate in political and diplomatic relations). Example: 縱貫 (to pierce through north and south). Example: 縱深 (longitudinal depth). 6. 起皺紋: to wrinkle. Example: 縱花 (a flower made of wrinkled paper). Example: 這張紙都縱了 (this paper has wrinkled). 7. 指連隊編制上的“縱隊”: referring to "vertical formation" in military organization. 縱 zòng 形 (adjective) - 本义: 鬆緩 (original meaning: loose) - 造字法: 形聲 (phonetic compound; from 糸 (mì), with a phonetic component). 1. 同本義 (same original meaning): loose. 2. 南北稱縱，東西稱橫: North-South is called '縱', East-West is called '橫'. Example: 縱貫南北的京九鐵路 (the Beijing-Kowloon Railway runs north-south). 3. 跟物體的長的一邊平行的: parallel to the lengthwise side of an object (longitudinal). 4. 廣泛: extensively. 縱 zòng 動 (verb) 1. 發; 放: to send out; to deliver; to issue. 2. 釋放；放走: to let go; to set free. 3. 放縱; 隨心所欲，不受約束，不加檢點: to indulge (be unrestrained). 4. 騰躍: to jump up. Example: 縱跳 (to leap joyfully). 5. 放過: to let off; to let slip. Example: 縱惡 (to tolerate the wicked). 6. 指合縱: referring to uniting (politically). 縱然，即使: - 譯文: even though; even if. 1. 急遽的樣子: rapid movement or appearance. Example: 喪事欲其～～爾 (the funeral wishes it to be done quickly). 名詞 (noun) 1. 直的線、面，南北稱為「縱」: a straight line or surface, called '縱' for north-south; the same as '從'. Example: The poetry reflects this concept. 2. 足跡、形影: footprints or shadows; similar to '踪'. Example: 譬如云中鳥，一去無縱跡 (like a bird in the clouds, leaving no trace behind).