横 — sideways, side, horizontal

よこ横 sideways

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 15 strokes

U+6A2A Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #480 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1888 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

sideways
side
horizontal
width
woof
unreasonable
perverse

word

よこ yoko Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

横(よこ) yoko side 横(よこ) 田(た) yokota Yokota (surname/place name) 横(よこ) 山(やま) yokoyama Yokoyama (surname) 横(よこ) たわる yokotawaru to lie down 横(よこ) 切(ぎ) る yokogiru to cross 横(よこ) 浜(はま) yokohama Yokohama 横(よこ) 須(す) 賀(か) yokosuka Yokosuka

おう ou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

横(おう) 行(こう) oukou rampancy 横(おう) 断(だん) oudan crossing

Appears in idioms

縦横無尽四字熟語

vertical, sideways, nothingness, exhaust

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

き木 tree #75

き黄 yellow

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#75 木 tree