横
sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof, unreasonable, perverse
Grade Level
Grade 3
Stroke Count
15 strokes
Radical
木部
On'yomi (Chinese Reading)
オウ
Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)
よこ
Nanori (Name Reading)
み, よこ
Common Readings
オウ, よこ
Example Vocabulary
横
よこ
side, horizontal
首を横に振る
くびをよこにふる
to shake one's head (in negation)
横顔
よこがお
profile, side view of face
横目
よこめ
sidelong glance
横たわる
よこたわる
to lie down, to lie sideways
横になる
よこになる
to lie down
横から
よこから
from the side, sideways
横切る
よこぎる
to cross, to cut across
真横
まよこ
right beside, directly to the side
横暴
おうぼう
tyrannical, arbitrary, overbearing
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