垂 drip, dangle

車 (car)
★★☆☆☆
8 strokes
SOLO

Onyomi

SUI

the SWEET ice cream cone dripped on to my hand.

Mnemonic

垂 ALSO looks like car (車) but the horizontal lines poke out, and the verticals do NOT poke out.
So we can say . . .
"The new car's paint job dripped off the sides, creating a mess."

LO...!

Kunyomi

( を ) た*らす I dangle it. 1/2 KANA
★☆☆☆☆
( が ) た*れる it drips, dangles. Also used as the action verb for piss, shit, fart. Seriously, even fart. A fun curse to use when frustrated is is ウンコ垂れ!(literally, "Dangling turd!") 1/2 KANA
★★☆☆☆

Jukugo

垂直(すいちょく) に

vertical, but also means perpendicular. ☆☆☆☆☆
垂 (drip, dangle) + 直 (correct a problem / direct contact) = 垂直 (vertical, but also means perpendicular.)

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
車 car
重 heavy / overlap EXTRA LINES / AXLES
垂 drip, dangle LINES DRIP OFF TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT
乗 ride a vehicle TREE 木

Car is an axle turned sideways.
Heavy cars are so heavy they need an extra axle.
Paint drips or dangles from the side of the newly-painted car.
You ride a vehicle RIGHT INTO A TREE.

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