横
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horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent
15 strokes
Dict coverage rank #549 U+6A2A
How 横 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “tree”) + 黄 (phonetic, huáng)
How to remember it
horizontal · Heisig RSH #1489
木 tree + 黄 yellow
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 黄
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 黄 (huáng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黄 sound component | huáng | yellow; surname |
| 簧 | huáng | reed; lock, metal spring |
| 潢 | huáng | pond, lake |
| 璜 | huáng | a jade pendant |
| 癀 | huáng | jaundice |
| 蟥 | huáng | leech |
Words containing 横
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人行横道线 | rén xíng héng dào xiàn | crosswalk; pedestrian crossing with zebra stripes |
| 人行横道 | rén xíng héng dào | crosswalk; pedestrian crossing |
| 横山区 | Héng shān Qū | Hengshan, a district of Yulin City 榆林市[Yu2 lin2 Shi4], Shaanxi |
| 横空出世 | héng kōng chū shì | (idiom) to come to the fore in spectacular fashion; to emerge from obscurity to achieve gr… |
| 横州市 | Héng zhōu Shì | Hengzhou, a county-level city in Nanning City 南寧市|南宁市[Nan2 ning2 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 横神经 | héng shén jīng | transverse commissure |
| 人无横财不富，马无夜草不肥 | rén wú hèng cái bù fù , mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi | (saying) a person cannot become wealthy without windfall profits (or ill-gotten gains etc)… |
| 横山 | Héng shān | Hengshan, the name of various places; Yokoyama (Japanese surname) |
| 横心 | héng xīn | to steel oneself; to harden one's heart |
| 横生 | héng shēng | to grow without restraint; overflowing with; to happen unexpectedly |
| 横行 | héng xíng | to go on the rampage; to riot; to run amuck |
| 横风 | héng fēng | crosswind |
| 横眼 | héng yǎn | from the side of the eye; askance |
| 横空 | héng kōng | filling the atmosphere; covering the sky |
| 横线 | héng xiàn | horizontal line; (math.) horizontal axis |
| 横流 | héng liú | to overflow; transverse flow; to flow over; cross flow |
| 横加 | héng jiā | violently; flagrantly |
| 横断面 | héng duàn miàn | horizontal section |
| 横路 | héng lù | side street; crossroad |
| 横州 | Héng zhōu | see 橫州市|横州市[Heng2 zhou1 Shi4] |