Kanji1 / 15
横 kanji
sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof, unreasonable, perverse
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
オウ
Kun readings
よこ
Variant forms
橫Words with 横
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —横着者shirker; goof-off; goldbricker
- —横断線cross-cut; crossline; transversal; transverse line
- —縦横家School of Diplomacy (school of thought during the Warring States period in China)
- —横断者person crossing (e.g. the road); traverser
- —横領犯embezzler
- —横突起transverse process
- —才気縦横great wisdom
- —縦横無尽freely; right and left; as one pleases
- —公金横領misappropriation of public funds
- —横行闊歩swaggering
- —奇策縦横ingenious scheme
- —横行跋扈being rampant; (evildoers) roaming at will
- —機知縦横being very witty; very ingenious and resourceful
- —機略縦横very resourcefully using tactics adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing it by ear; acting according to circumstances
- —活気横溢being full of vitality (energy); in exuberant spirits; effervescent; ebullient
- —気力横溢being full of vitality (energy); in exuberant spirits; effervescent; ebullient
- —才知縦横resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; having a keen intellect
- —縦横自在freely; right and left; active without any restraint; with unrestricted energy in all directions
- —縦横無礙being as free as the air; active without any restraint
- —処士横議wayward (irresponsible) criticisms of political matters by private citizens