jquery - find previous div with class name rather than using parent().parent()....parent() -

 <div class="a">  <span class = "s">  <button>  <button>   <div class="b">  <p>  <textarea>  <div>  <button class="click">  </div>  </div>  </div>

on button click of class "click" . need find in div class a.

what tried

 $('.click').parent().parent().parent().find('span') -- working

i looking similar alternative in easiest way

 $('.click').closest('div').find('.a') -- not working   $('.click').closest('div').prev('.a') -- not working

what correct approach when traversing inside multiple , find class name

* note : sample html find correct approach in jquery , not find syntax error in html

thanks

closest('.a') should it. finds first element in element's ancestry (starting element , going parent, etc.) matching selector.

IO