JLPT N5 · Where is it?

横

よこ

side; beside

Stroke order of 横

横 is written with 15 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

横 is a tree 木 lying across, with 黄 yellow, so it is a horizontal beam beside you.

Parts: 木 tree + 黄 yellow

Example sentence

私の横にすわってください。

わたしのよこにすわってください。

Please sit beside me.

Words with 横

横断歩道pedestrian crossing

More words: Where is it?

真ん中middle; center 右側right side 左側left side 隣next to; next door 近くnear; nearby 向こうover there; the other side 辺area; vicinity 所place 東口east exit 西口west exit 南口south exit 北口north exit

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