The character "横" has 15 strokes. "横" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "横" has 2 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "横" are "héng" "hèng" . View the stroke order of "横">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "横"

adj.: horizontal; transverse; running from east to west or west to east; across; sideways; crosswise; harsh and unreasonable; perverse; unexpected; inauspicious; unusual

n.: horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters)

v.: locate/place/move crosswise; traverse horizontally; be full of; be abundant in

adv.: in an unrestrained manner; turbulently; violently; fiercely; flagrantly

Form words with "横"

横断层 cross fault; transverse fault

横断裂 cross fracture

Example phrases using "横"

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