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
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 にっ ニチ (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 (8th, N1)