おう
横
だん
断

noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. crossing (a road, river, etc.), cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town), cutting across, intersecting (e.g. a railway track).
  2. crossing (east-west), traversing, traveling across, flying across (e.g. the Pacific), sailing across.

noun, takes する, transitive verb

  1. cutting horizontally, sectioning laterally.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
おう
横
だん
断
横断 おうだん ✔

Contained Kanji Breakdown

sideways, side, horizontal
よこ オウ (3rd, N3)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
yellow
き オウ コウ (2nd, N2)
twenty(廿) variant
wherefore, a reason
ユウ ユ ユイ (3rd, N3)
day, sun, Japan
ひ ニチ にっ (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
severance, decline, refuse
ダン ことわ.る た.つ (5th, N3)
fishhook radical, (乙 variant)
rice, USA, metre
ベイ こめ マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
axe, 1.32 lb, catty
キン (Late Jr. High, N1)