横
sideways; side; horizontal; width; woof; unreasonable; perverse
15 strokes. Taught in grade 3. Newspaper frequency rank 480.
Readings
- よこ (kun reading): 横 (よこ) beside; 横浜 (よこはま) Yokohama (city)
- オウ (on reading): 横断 (おうだん) crossing (a road, river, etc.); 横転 (おうてん) toppling sideways
Components
- 木
- 黄
- ｜ radical vertical stroke
- ハ radical eight, katakana ha
- 二 radical two
- 廾 radical two hands
- 日 radical sun; day
- 木 radical tree
- 田 radical rice field
- 黄 radical yellow
Words using 横
- 横 (よこ) beside
- 横浜 (よこはま) Yokohama (city)
- 横切る (よこぎる) to cross (e.g. road)
- 横たわる (よこたわる) to lie down
- 横綱 (よこづな) yokozuna (highest rank in sumo)
- 横断 (おうだん) crossing (a road, river, etc.)
- 横転 (おうてん) toppling sideways
- 横行 (おうこう) being rampant
- 横断歩道 (おうだんほどう) pedestrian crossing
- 横領 (おうりょう) embezzlement
252 words in all.