Pinyin: zòngEnglish Definition: warp (the vertical threads in weaving); vertical; longitudinal; north-south (lines of longitude); lengthwise; to release; to indulge; even if
Chinese Definition:
①放：纵虎归山。纵火。
②放任；不拘束：放纵。纵目四望。纵情。纵观全局。
③身体猛然向前或向上：纵身。
④即使：纵然。纵使。纵令。
⑤竖，直，南北的方向，与“横”相对：纵横交错。纵横捭阖(指在政治、外交上运用手段进行联合或分化)。纵贯。纵深。
⑥起皱纹：纵花(用有皱纹的纸做成的花)。这张纸都纵了。
⑦指连队编制上的“纵队”。
⑧擒横。
Total strokes: 7;
Radical: 糸 Pictophonetic:
从 indicates the sound;
纟 (thread) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:- ⿰ Left to right
- 纟 [ sī ] silk; thread
- 从 [ cóng ] from, by, since, whence, through
Similar Characters: 枞 从 丛 众 
