Translingual
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Glyph origin
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Historical forms of the character 横
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Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
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Transcribed ancient scripts
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声): semantic 木 + phonetic 黄 ().
Definitions
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Japanese
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横
(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 橫)
- sideways, horizontal
- next, next to
- width (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
Readings
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Compounds
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Etymology 1
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Alternative spelling
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橫 (kyūjitai)
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From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *yəkə. Cognate with Kunigami 横 (ゆく゚ー, yukū), Miyako 横 (ゆく, yuku), Northern Amami-Oshima 横 (ゆく゚, yuxu), Okinawan 横 (ゆく, yuku), Yaeyama 横 (ゆく, yuku), Yonaguni 横 (どぅぐ, dugu).
Pronunciation
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横 • (yoko)
- side
- ドアの横
- doa no yoko
- side of the doors
- width (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
Antonyms
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Etymology 2
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Alternative spelling
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橫 (kyūjitai)
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From Middle Chinese 橫 (MC hwaeng, “horizontal”) and 橫 (MC hwaengH, “violent; unexpected”).
Pronunciation
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横 • (ō) ←わう (wau)?
- sideways, horizontal
- self-willed; arbitrary; unrestrained and aggressive
- sudden; unexpected
- brimming
References
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横 • (hoeng) (hangeul 횡, revised hoeng, McCune–Reischauer hoeng, Yale hoyng)
- across