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Dictionary: “横”

横

よこ

horizontal (as opposed to vertical)

Example sentence

The mother laid her baby on the bed.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

横
On
おう
Kun
よこ
Stroke count
15

・sideways

・side

・horizontal

・width

・woof

・unreasonable

・perverse

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Related words to 横

49 related words

横目

よこめ

→

sidelong glance

横断歩道

おうだんほどう

→

pedestrian crossing;crosswalk

横顔

よこがお

→

profile;face in profile;face seen from the side

横取り

よこどり

→

snatching;stealing;seizure;usurpation

横文字

よこもじ

→

horizontal script (esp. of a European language);European writing;Roman letters

横幅

よこはば

→

breadth;width

横たわる

よこたわる

→

to lie down;to stretch out

横手

よこて

→

side;beside

横断

おうだん

→

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

→

embezzlement;misappropriation;usurpation

横ばい

よこばい

→

sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab);crawling sideways

横線

おうせん

→

horizontal line

横行

おうこう

→

being rampant;being widespread;being prevalent

横綱

よこづな

→

yokozuna (highest rank in sumo);grand champion

横柄

おうへい

→

arrogant;haughty;insolent

横道

よこみち

→

byway;side street;cross street

横書き

よこがき

→

writing horizontally;horizontal writing

横暴

おうぼう

→

violence;oppression;high-handedness;tyranny;despotism

横転

おうてん

→

toppling sideways;turning sideways;falling over sideways

横断幕

おうだんまく

→

horizontal banner

横切る

よこぎる

→

to cross (e.g. road);to traverse

横

よこ

→

side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back);width;breadth

横綱

よこづな

→

best in its field;crème de la crème;cream of the crop

横顔

よこがお

→

(personal) profile;(biographical) sketch;outline (of someone's life)

横行

おうこう

→

walking sideways;staggering;striding

横目

よこめ

→

short grain (paper)

横文字

よこもじ

→

European language;Western language

横たわる

よこたわる

→

to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.);to lie in wait

横ばい

よこばい

→

leafhopper (insect);jassid

横断

おうだん

→

crossing (east-west);traversing;travelling across;flying across (e.g. the Pacific);sailing across

横道

よこみち

→

wrong way;digression

横転

おうてん

→

barrel roll

横手

よこて

→

feature of a sword blade

横

よこ

→

side (of a box, etc.)

横目

よこめ

→

kanji "net" radical at top

横断

おうだん

→

cutting horizontally;sectioning laterally

横ばい

よこばい

→

sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)

横

よこ

→

beside;aside;next to

横ばい

よこばい

→

levelling off (of prices, etc.);stabilizing

横

よこ

→

unconnected

横穴

よこあな

→

cave;tunnel

横丁

よこちょう

→

bystreet;side street;back street;alley;lane

横糸

よこいと

→

weft;woof (crosswise threads on a loom)

横着

おうちゃく

→

laziness;shirking

横波

よこなみ

→

transverse wave

横流し

よこながし

→

diversion into illegal channels;putting on the black market;selling through illegal channels

横たえる

よこたえる

→

to lay down

横滑り

よこすべり

→

sideslip;skid;sliding sideways

横浜

よこはま

→

Yokohama (city)