横

See also: 橫 and 構

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese	横
Simplified	横
Traditional	橫

Glyph origin

Variant of 橫／横.

Han character

横 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 木廿中金 (DTLC), composition ⿰木黄)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 551, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15484
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1273, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6A2A

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 横
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 木 + phonetic 黄 ().

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 横 – see 橫 (“middle rail of a wooden door; crosspiece; to lie crossways; to be situated crosswise; to be horizontal; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 橫).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	横
Kyūjitai	橫

Kanji

横

(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 橫)

1. sideways, horizontal
2. next, next to

Readings

• Go-on: おう (ō, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: よこ (yoko, 横, Jōyō); よこたわる (yokotawaru, 横たわる); よこたえる (yokotaeru, 横たえる); おごる (ogoru)

Compounds

• 横(よこ)縦(たて) (yokotate): breadth and length; woof and warp

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
横
よこ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
橫 (kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *yəkə. Cognate with Kunigami 横 (ゆく゚ー, yukū), Miyako 横 (ゆく, yuku), Northern Amami Ōshima 横 (ゆく゚, yuxu), Okinawan 横 (ゆく, yuku), Yaeyama 横 (ゆく, yuku), Yonaguni 横 (どぅぐ, dugu).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よこ [yòkó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ko̞]

Noun

横(よこ) • (yoko) 

1. side

   ドアの横(よこ)

   doa no yoko

   side of the doors

Antonyms

• 縦(たて) (tate)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
横
おう Grade: 3
goon

Alternative spelling
橫 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 橫 (MC hwaeng, “horizontal”) and 橫 (MC hwaengH, “violent; unexpected”).

Affix

1. sideways, horizontal
2. self-willed; arbitrary; unrestrained and aggressive
3. sudden; unexpected
4. brimming

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Korean

Hanja

横 • (hoeng) (hangeul 횡, revised hoeng, McCune–Reischauer hoeng, Yale hoyng)

1. across