横

Meanings

1. horizontal (as opposed to vertical)
2. side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; breadth
3. side (of a box, etc.)
4. beside; aside; next to
5. unconnected

Part of speech: noun

Kanji

• 横

  Meanings

  sideways, side, horizontal, width

  On reading

  オウ

  Kun reading

  よこ

  Strokes

  15

Example sentences

• 母親は赤ん坊をベッドに横にした。

  The mother laid her baby on the bed.

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• 道が濡れていたので、車は横にスリップしたにちがいない。

  As the road was wet, the car must have slipped sideways.

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• 家の横はつたで覆われていた。

  The side of the house was covered with ivy.

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