Japanese symbol for “intersecting”
横断
おうだん
Romaji: oudan
crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); cutting across; intersecting (e.g. a railway track)
In Japanese, intersecting is 横断, read おうだん (oudan).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); cutting across; intersecting (e.g. a railway track)
- n, vi, vs crossing (east-west); traversing; travelling across; flying across (e.g. the Pacific); sailing across
- n, vs, vt cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “intersecting”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 交錯 | こうさく kousaku | mixture; blending; complication |
| クロス | クロス kurosu | crossing; intersecting |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 横綱 | よこづな yokozuna | yokozuna (highest rank in sumo); grand champion |
| 横浜 | よこはま yokohama | Yokohama (city) |
| 横顔 | よこがお yokogao | profile; face in profile; face seen from the side |
| 横領 | おうりょう ouryou | embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation |
| 横切る | よこぎる yokogiru | to cross (e.g. road); to traverse |
| 判断 | はんだん handan | judgment; judgement; decision |
| 診断 | しんだん shindan | diagnosis; medical examination |
| 決断 | けつだん ketsudan | decision; determination |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.