Word Meaning 縦読み

たてよみ tateyomi

縦読み is read as たてよみ (tateyomi) and means reading the first character of each line of a horizontally written text (to reveal a hidden word or message).

Meaning

English

  1. reading the first character of each line of a horizontally written text (to reveal a hidden word or message)
  2. reading acrostically

Reading

Kana

たてよみ

Romaji

tateyomi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 114385 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

縦組み

たてぐみ

vertical typesetting

たて

(weaving) warp

縦書き

たてがき

writing vertically

縦軸

たてじく

connection between past and present

縦横

たてよこ

length and breadth

縦横

じゅうおう

every direction

縦断

じゅうだん

cutting vertically

縦割り

たてわり

dividing vertically

縦横無尽

じゅうおうむじん

freely

縦走

じゅうそう

stretching out (in a longitudinal direction)

縦糸

たていと

(weaving) warp

縦貫

じゅうかん

running through