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横

sideways
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingオウ
Kun readingよこ
JōyōGrade 3

Popular Usage

横断

Radicals and components

Radical木treeComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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tree (木) · wood (木) · yellow · salad · sprout · shoot · animal legs (儿) · eight (八)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1888

Compound words

横断おうだん
crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); cutting across; intersecting (e.g. a railway track); crossing (east-west)
横顔よこがお
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch
横綱よこづな
yokozuna (highest rank in sumo); grand champion; best in its field; crème de la crème; cream of the crop
横行おうこう
being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent; walking sideways; staggering
横線おうせん
horizontal line
横着おうちゃく
laziness; shirking; impudent; brazenly dishonest
横転おうてん
toppling sideways; turning sideways; falling over sideways; barrel roll
横道よこみち
byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression
横幅よこはば
breadth; width
横柄おうへい
arrogant; haughty; insolent
横暴おうぼう
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
横目よこめ
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
横領おうりょう
embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation
専横せんおう
arbitrariness; despotism; high-handedness; tyranny
縦横じゅうおう
length and width; length and breadth; lengthwise and crosswise; vertical and horizontal; the four cardinal points
横手よこて
side; beside; feature of a sword blade
横浜よこはま
Yokohama (city)
縦横たてよこ
length and breadth; length and width; warp and weft; warp and woof
横取りよこどり
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
横書きよこがき
writing horizontally; horizontal writing
横切るよこぎる
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
横文字よこもじ
horizontal script (esp. of a European language); European writing; Roman letters; European language; Western language
横断幕おうだんまく
horizontal banner
横ばいよこばい
sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab); crawling sideways; leafhopper (insect); jassid; sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)

Stroke Order

15 strokes

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