Keyword
sideways
- side
- horizontal
- width
- woof
- unreasonable
- perverse
- Frequency
- #480
- Strokes
- 15
- Grade
- 3
- JLPT (old)
- N2
- Heisig
- 1888
Readings
よこ56%
オウ44%
Mnemonic
A tree stands on yellow ground until a storm topples it, and now the trunk blocks the path, lying sideways across the lane.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
横
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; breadth; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside; next to; unconnected
Noun
横綱
yokozuna (highest rank in sumo); grand champion; best in its field; crème de la crème; cream of the crop
Noun
横断
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); traversing; travelling across; flying across (e.g. the Pacific); sailing across; cutting horizontally; …
Noun
横ばい
sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab); crawling sideways; leafhopper (insect); jassid; sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes); levelling off (of prices, etc.); stabilizing
Noun
縦横
length and width; length and breadth; lengthwise and crosswise; vertical and horizontal; the four cardinal points; every direction; all directions; as one wishes; as one pleases; at will
Noun
横たわる
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
Godan verb
横顔
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
Noun