横 – sideways, side, horizontal

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The kanji 横 means sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof, unreasonable, perverse. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is オウ (ou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is よこ (yoko). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	オウ	ou
Kun’yomi	よこ	yoko

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: ｜・黄・田・二・日・ハ・木・廾.

Words using 横

横よこhorizontal (as opposed to vertical)横断おうだんcrossing (a road, river, etc.)横切るよこぎるto cross (e.g. road)横綱よこづなyokozuna (highest rank in sumo)

Example sentences

母親は赤ん坊をベッドに横にした。

The mother laid her baby on the bed.

Tatoeba #82787

道が濡れていたので、車は横にスリップしたにちがいない。

As the road was wet, the car must have slipped sideways.

Tatoeba #123621

家の横はつたで覆われていた。

The side of the house was covered with ivy.

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Kanji with the same radical

本東業来機権査案村果格検校構木条

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