Meaning

Primary

Vertical Writing

Alternative

Vertical Style Writing

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Vertical writing is vertical writing. That's when you see Japanese and it's written top to bottom instead of sideways.

Reading

たてがき
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The readings are the reading you learned with the kanji and かき (changes to がき), though the gets smushed inside the kanji, because it wants to be confusing like that.

Context

Context Sentences

文章を縦書にしたいんです。

I want to write compositions using vertical style writing.

Kanji Composition