héng

horizontal; across; crosswise

Character data

Radical ⽊ (75.12)
Strokes 16
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

橫 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)
橫 hèng
  1. 1. harsh and unreasonable
  2. 2. unexpected

Words containing 橫

Word Meaning
to tyrannize; to oppress; to rule as a despot
side street; road branching from the main street
to charge around violently; to barge
to repeat; to explain sth over and over again
anyway
firmness of determination
windfall; easy money; undeserved fortune
to cut across; to cross transversally; horizontal traverse
to cross; to traverse; to pass over
to span; to stretch across; to travel across
side street; crossroad
to lie flat
exhausted and in disarray; to lie down all over the place
to traverse
horizontal hook stroke in Chinese characters
to lie in disarray; to cut across; to traverse
row; horizontal troop formation
tabula (horizontal floor of polyp)
diaphragm
Yokosuka (port and navy base in the Tokyo bay)
Yokosuka City, Japan; major US naval base
coarse and arrogant; always in the right
horizontal tablet (for an inscription)
to splatter; to splash across
pubic bone