The kanji 横: meaning, readings and stroke order

横

Meaning: side, sideways
On reading: オウ ou
Kun reading: よこ yoko
Strokes: 15
Radical: 木 tree
Level: Level 3 · grade 3
Old form: 橫

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bên cạnh, chiều ngang (hoành)
Japanese: よこ。
Korean: 옆, 가로 (횡)
Chinese: 旁边、横

Readings, words and example sentences

オウ ou · on reading · less common

横おう断だん
crossing (a road)
気をつけて道路を 横おう断だんします。
I cross the road carefully.

よこ yoko · kun reading

横よこ
side, beside
家の 横よこに大きな木があります。
There is a big tree beside the house.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.