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
to glare; to scowl fiercely
askance; from the side of the eye
transverse commissure
crosswise pattern
covering the sky; filling the atmosphere
bristles lying down (brush movement in painting)
cartwheel
horizontal stripe; striation
transverse colon (anatomy)
yokozuna
Heng county in Nanning nán níng, Guangxi
to turn cartwheels
diaphragm
to recline
side street; road branching from the main street
to repeat; to explain sth over and over again
firmness of determination
to cross; to traverse; to pass over
side street; crossroad
to lie flat
exhausted and in disarray; to lie down all over the place
to traverse
horizontal stroke with a hook
to lie in disarray; to cut across; to traverse
tabula (horizontal floor of polyp)