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Kanji 横: meanings, readings, and example words.

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Kanji 横: sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof, unreasonable, perverse

Key takeaways

Kanji 横: sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof, unreasonable, perverse. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

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Meaning

sidewayssidehorizontalwidthwoofunreasonableperverse

On reading

オウ

Kun reading

よこ

Radical

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 横

sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof, unreasonable, perverse

Kanji structure breakdown

Structure breakdown

木 + 黄

Mnemonic story

Mnemonic story

Imagine a yellow (黄) wooden (木) beam laid down horizontally. The image of a piece of wood placed on its side leads to the meanings 'horizontal' or 'side'.

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

オウ
  • 横断おうだん

    crossing / going across

Kun reading

よこ
  • 横綱よこづな

    sumo grand champion

  • 横切るよこぎる

    to cross / to go across

  • よこ

    side / beside / width

Commonly used words

  • 横断
    おうだん

    crossing / going across

  • 横綱
    よこづな

    sumo grand champion

  • 横切る
    よこぎる

    to cross / to go across

  • よこ

    side / beside / width

Example sentences

Example 1

彼は新しい綱になった。

Translation

He became the new sumo grand champion.

Example 2

綱の試合はいつも盛り上がる。

Translation

Matches of the grand champion are always exciting.

Example 3

断歩道で待ってください。

Translation

Please wait at the pedestrian crossing.

Example 4

車に気をつけて道路を断する。

Translation

Carefully cross the road paying attention to cars.

Kanji 横: sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof, unreasonable, perverse | Daily Nihongo