纵
vertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); from front to back; longitudinal; lengthwise (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); military unit corresponding to an army corps (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); (bound form) to release (a captive); to indulge; to leap up; (literary) even if
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How 纵 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
纟 (semantic, “thread”) + 从 (phonetic, cóng)
How to remember it
vertical · Heisig RSH #1092
thread + assembly line
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 从
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 从 (cóng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 从 sound component | cóng | from, by, since, whence, through |
| 丛 | cóng | bush, shrub; thicket; collection |
| 耸 | sǒng | to excite, to urge; to raise; to shrug; lofty, towering |
| 枞 | cōng | fir tree |
| 怂 | sǒng | to arouse, to incite, to instigate |
| 疭 | zòng | clonic convulsions |
| 苁 | cōng | a medicinal herb; Boschniakia glabra |
Words containing 纵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一字纵队 | yī zì zòng duì | single file |
| 合纵连横 | Hé zòng Lián héng | Vertical and Horizontal Alliance, opposing stratagems devised by the School of Diplomacy 縱… |
| 纵断面 | zòng duàn miàn | vertical section; longitudinal section |
| 纵虎归山 | zòng hǔ guī shān | lit. to let the tiger return to the mountain; fig. to store up future calamities |
| 操纵自如 | cāo zòng zì rú | to operate (a machine etc) with ease |
| 纵横家 | Zòng héng jiā | School of Diplomacy of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocates were… |
| 合纵 | Hé Zòng | Vertical Alliance, clique of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the … |
| 纵线 | zòng xiàn | vertical line; vertical coordinate line |
| 纵火 | zòng huǒ | to set on fire; to commit arson |
| 纵横交错 | zòng héng jiāo cuò | criss-crossed (idiom) |
| 纵意 | zòng yì | willfully; wantonly |
| 纵情 | zòng qíng | to your heart's content |
| 纵言 | zòng yán | to theorize generally |
| 纵身 | zòng shēn | to leap; to spring; to throw oneself |
| 第五纵队 | dì wǔ zòng duì | fifth column (subversive group) |
| 纵然 | zòng rán | even if; even though |
| 纵火犯 | zòng huǒ fàn | arsonist |
| 纵声 | zòng shēng | loudly; in a loud voice |
| 纵波 | zòng bō | longitudinal wave |
| 纵目 | zòng mù | as far as the eye can see |