U+7E26 "縦" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+7E26 "縦" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a kanji character primarily used in Japanese writing, where it means "vertical" or "length," and is often found in compound words like "縦書き" (vertical writing) and "縦線" (vertical line). This character belongs to the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) Unified Ideographs block and represents a variant of the traditional Chinese character "縱" (simplified as "纵"), which also conveys the concept of vertical direction, release, or indulgence. In Japanese, it is distinct from its Chinese counterpart in usage and pronunciation, being read as "tate" in native Japanese contexts or "juu" in Sino-Japanese compounds.