Meaning
horizontal · perverse · side · sideways · unreasonable · width · woof
On'yomi
オウ
Kun'yomi
よこ
Common compounds (43)
- 横しま よこしまwicked; evil; wrong; bad
- 大刀 だいとうstraight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
- 横ばい ヨコバイsidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
- 横すべり よこすべりsliding sideways down a slope
- 横 ヨコside (of a box, etc.)
- 横綱 よこづなyokozuna (highest rank in sumo); grand champion
- 横書 よこがきwriting horizontally; horizontal writing
- 横断 おうだんcutting horizontally; sectioning laterally
- 横領 おうりょうembezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation
- 横ぎる よこぎるto cross (e.g. road); to traverse
- 縦横 じゅうおうevery direction; all directions
- 横手 よこでfeature of a sword blade