横
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Origin of the character
「橫」の異体字。橫の項目を参照。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof, unreasonable, perverse
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- オウElem.
- Kun (native)
- よこElem.
- Other languages
- 拼音heng2
- 拼音heng4
- 한글hoeng
- Hán-ViệtHoành
- Hán-ViệtHoạnh
- Hán-ViệtQuáng
- Hán-ViệtVàng
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 15 strokes
- Radical
- 木(き)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Unicode
U+6A2A
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰木黄
Words using this kanji
- 横よこ(よこ)左右の方向。水平の方向。 (よこ)東西の方向。 (よこ)側面。horizontal (as opposed to vertical), side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back), width, breadth
- 横綱よこづな「よこづな」の漢字表記。yokozuna (highest rank in sumo), grand champion, best in its field, crème de la crème
- 横ばいよこばいsidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab), crawling sideways, leafhopper (insect), jassid
- 横断おうだん横に断ち切ること。 横の方向に、端から端まで渡ること。 横の方向に、端から端まで貫いていること。crossing (a road, river, etc.), cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town), cutting across, intersecting (e.g. a railway track)
- 横領おうりょう不法に他人・公共の物を自分の物とすること。embezzlement, misappropriation, usurpation
- 横目よこめsidelong glance, short grain (paper), kanji "net" radical at top
- 横手よこてside, beside, feature of a sword blade
- 横断幕おうだんまく標語やスローガンなどを書き、(道路を横断して掲示するような)横長の幕。horizontal banner
- 横暴おうぼうわがまま勝手で乱暴なこと。また、そのようなさま。violence, oppression, high-handedness, tyranny
- 横行おうこう(おうこう、おうぎょう)にこと。 (おうこう、おうぎょう)勝手気儘に歩き回ること。 (おうこう、おうぎょう)悪事や不正、手抜きなどが平然とれること。being rampant, being widespread, being prevalent, walking sideways
- 横線おうせん横方向に引いた線。horizontal line
- 横転おうてん横方向に倒れること。横倒し。 飛行機の飛行法のひとつ。左または右に一回転すること。 (2020年代に広まった用法)思わずずっこけること。ずっこけるほどに驚くこと。toppling sideways, turning sideways, falling over sideways, barrel roll
- 横断歩道おうだんほどう車道において、歩行者の横断に供せられることが示された場所。pedestrian crossing, crosswalk
- 横顔よこがお「よこがお」の漢字表記。profile, face in profile, face seen from the side, (personal) profile
- 横書きよこがき「よこがき」の漢字表記。writing horizontally, horizontal writing
- 横文字よこもじ横書きの文字。また、横書きの文書。横文。 西洋文学。西洋語。 西洋語からの借用語あるいはそれに類したもの。カタカナ語。horizontal script (esp. of a European language), European writing, Roman letters, European language
- 横切るよこぎる「よこぎる」の漢字表記。to cross (e.g. road), to traverse
- 横道よこみちbyway, side street, cross street, wrong way
- 横柄おうへいarrogant, haughty, insolent
- 横取りよこどりsnatching, stealing, seizure, usurpation
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Similar-looking kanji
- 橫Same composition
- 僙One part differs
- 曂One part differs
- 潢One part differs
- 熿One part differs
- 璜One part differs
- 磺One part differs
Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.
Variants
Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-4-11- Four Corner
4498.6- Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a11.13- Heisig
- 1888
- Nelson
- 2361