héng

horizontal; across; crosswise

HSK 6 #1330

Character data

HSK 6
Frequency 1330th character
Radical ⽊ (75.11)
Strokes 15
Index # 3213
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

横 héng
  1. 1. horizontal
  2. 2. across
  3. 3. crosswise
  4. 4. to cross (a river, etc)
  5. 5. to place (sth) flat (on a surface)
  6. 6. (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable
  7. 7. violent
  8. 8. chaotic
  9. 9. in a jumble
  10. 10. horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters)
横 hèng
  1. 1. harsh and unreasonable
  2. 2. unexpected

Stroke order

横 stroke order diagram
横 stroke order animation

Words containing 横

Word Meaning
flagrantly; violently
horizontal tablet (for an inscription)
deadly (conflict); corpses strew the field
Hengshan County in Yulin yú lín, Shaanxi
Hengshan Township in Hsinchu, Taiwan
Hengfeng county in Shangrao shàng ráo, Jiangxi
Hengfeng county in Shangrao shàng ráo, Jiangxi
slogan banner
horizontal coordinate; abscissa
to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
to harden one's heart; to steel oneself
to cut across; transverse; cross-sectional
transversal line
horizontal scroll (for inscription)
(horizontal-starting right angle character stroke)
to criticize right and left
transverse vibration
horizontal setting (printing)
rolling motion (of a boat)
horizontal fold or tuck
(bird species of China) barred warbler (Sylvia nisoria)
(bird species of China) spotted owlet (Athene brama)
slanting; oblique
⺄ stroke in Chinese characters
to cut across; to cross (a road, an ocean etc)