縱 (zòng)
vertical; to indulge; even if
How 縱 is written
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 糹 — silk
- Traditional
- 縱
- Simplified
- 纵
Components
- 糹 silk
- 彳 step
- 从 N/A
- 龰 N/A
Common words using 縱
- 放縱 fàngzòng
- to indulge; to pamper; to connive at
- 縱使 zòngshǐ
- even if; even though
- 縱容 zòngróng
- to indulge; to connive at
- 縱然 zòngrán
- even if; even though
- 操縱 cāozòng
- to operate; to control; to rig
- 稍縱即逝 shāozòngjíshì
- transient; fleeting
- 縱向 zòngxiàng
- longitudinal
- 縱情 zòngqíng
- to your heart's content
- 縱慾 zòngyù
- to indulge in debauchery
- 縱火 zònghuǒ
- to set on fire; to commit arson
- 縱觀 zòngguān
- to survey comprehensively; an overall survey
- 縱身 zòngshēn
- to jump; to leap
縱 in a sentence
父母不應該太縱容孩子。
Fùmǔ bù yīnggāi tài zòngróng háizi.
“Parents shouldn't indulge their children too much.”
How common is 縱?
縱 is the 1,234th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 92.2% of all running text.
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