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Hiragana - pronunciation and writing
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Kanji - grades 1-6 (教育漢字 Kyōiku kanji)
Vocabulary - nouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives
 
Kanji Grade 3 - 横

Kanji character Grade 3 横. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 3 - 横
About
sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof, unreasonable, perverse
Kun: よこ
On: オウ
15 strokes
Radical: tree 木
Parts: | 二 ハ 廾 日 木 田 黄
 
Onyomi
横線 【オウセン】 horizontal line
横行 【オウコウ】 walking sideways, staggering, striding, being rampant, being widespread, being prevalent
専横 【センオウ】 arbitrariness, despotism, high-handedness, tyranny
正横 【セイオウ】 abeam
 
Kunyomi
横 【よこ】 horizontal (as opposed to vertical), lying down, side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back), width, breadth, side (of a box, etc.), beside, aside, next to, unconnected
真横 【まよこ】 directly horizontal, right beside
縦中横 【たてちゅうよこ】 using horizontal characters in vertical writing