Today’s #kanji is 横, which is listed under its semantic element of #きへん（木）, which suggests a connection with a tree. Its phonetic element is 黄. 横’s original meaning is a bolt or a bar to lock a gate.
Meaning: side, horizontal
Reading: オウ、よこ
横行（オウコウ）する: to be rampant, to be widespread; to go sideeways; to walk around doing what one pleases
横断（オウダン）する: to cross, to traverse, to go across…
横着（オウチャク）な: lazy, work-shy; pushy, impudent, thick-skinned
横柄（オウヘイ）な: arrogant, contemptuous, patronizing
横暴（オウボウ）な: oppressive, artibrary, tyrannical, overbearing
縦横（ジュウオウ）に: vertically and horizontally; in all directions; freely, with great ease
縦横（たてよこ）: length and width
横（よこ）: the horizontal; the side
横にする: to lay … down
横になる: to lie down
横（よこ）顔（がお）: a profile, a face in profile, a silhouette; a sketch
横（よこ）切（ぎ）る: to cross, to traverse, to go across
真（ま）横（よこ）
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- きへん
横
構
権
格
機
杯
相
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