横 héng

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Number of strokes

Traditional form

橫 héng

Contains the radical

木 Mù

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

tree

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰木黄

Semantic compound

木 Mù

Phonetic compound

黄 Huáng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 木 Mù represents the meaning and 黄 Huáng represents the sound. Simplified form of 橫 héng .

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“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”

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喂 wéi , 汤姆 Tāng mǔ , 发了横财 hèng cái 并 bìng 不 bù 像 xiàng 人们 rén men 说 shuì 得 dé 那样 nà yàng 是 shì 个 gè 非常 fēicháng 愉快 yúkuài 的 de 事情 shìqing .

Looky - here, Tom, being rich ain't what it's cracked up to be.

白线 bái xiàn 标 biāo 出 chū 人行横道 rén xíng héng dào .

White lines mark the crossing.

沧海横流,方 Fāng 显出 xiǎn chū 英雄 yīngxióng 本色 běn sè .

When the seas are in turmoil , heroes are on their mettle.

横行 héng xíng 的 de 纤维 xiānwéi 即 jí 接索则 zé 把 bǎ 成 Chéng 对 duì 的两个 gè 神经 shénjīng 节 jiē 连 Lián 在一起 zài yī qǐ .

The transverse fibres or commissure unite the two ganglia of a pair.

横 héng 神经 shénjīng 通往 tōng wǎng 同 tóng 体 tǐ 节 jiē 的 de 气门 qì mén .

The transverse nerves pass to the spiracles of their segment.

Explore 25 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 横 héng in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
横 héng	across	橫 héng
才华横溢 cái huá héng yì	brilliant	才華橫溢
横扫 héng sǎo	to sweep away	橫掃
横向 héng xiàng	horizontal	橫向
横行 héng xíng	to riot	橫行
纵横 zònghéng	criss-crossed	縱橫
横穿 héng chuān	to cross	橫穿
横梁 héng liáng	beam	橫梁
横幅 héng fú	banner	橫幅
横跨 héng kuà	to span	橫跨
专横 zhuān hèng	imperious	專橫
横冲直撞 héng chōng zhí zhuàng	to barge	橫衝直撞
横行霸道 héng xíng bà dào	to oppress	橫行霸道
蛮横 mán hèng	rude and unreasonable	蠻橫
横滨 Héng bīn	Yokohama, Japan	橫濱
横财 hèng cái	easy money	橫財
横渡 héng dù	to cross (a body of water)	橫渡
横流 héng liú	to overflow	橫流
横批 héng pī	horizontal scroll (for inscription)	橫批
人行横道 rén xíng héng dào	pedestrian crossing	人行橫道
横竖 héng shu	anyway	橫豎
横贯 héng guàn	to cut across	橫貫
横线 héng xiàn	horizontal line	橫線
纵横交错 zòng héng jiāo cuò	criss-crossed (idiom)	縱橫交錯
妙趣横生 miào qù héng shēng	very witty	妙趣橫生