纵
縱zòng
#1,234 most
frequent character
vertical, from front to back
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
纵 has 纟 silk threads as the meaning part and 从 cóng as the sound part. It first meant to loosen or relax, then grew to indulging someone. The sense 'vertical' was borrowed for its sound.
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