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
Hengduan Mountains in southwest China
pedestrian crossing
transverse object
most likely; probably
violent; brutal
horizontal beam; wooden crossbar; thwart
boom sail
lintel
lintel
horizontal bar; bar
banner; horizontal slogan or advertisement
to levy exorbitant taxes (idiom)
step sideways; sidestep (in dance)
to die by violence
Hengduan mountains dividing Sichuan from Tibet
transverse wave
Yokohama, port city in Japan
to walk sideways; crab-wise
to happen unexpectedly; to grow without restraint
to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)
(colloquial) whatever; come what may
to scowl; to frown; to concentrate one's eyebrows
to defy; to treat with disdain
to dart looks of hate at sb (idiom)
to defy; to scowl and stare down