横 — Chinese character
横
héng
horizontal, across; unreasonable, harsh
- Pinyin
- héng
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 木 黄
- Formation
- pictophonetic — tree; meaning component 木; sound component 黄
- Traditional
- 橫
- Japanese
- 横 as a kanji
Common words with 横
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 横向 (橫向) | héng xiàng | horizontal; orthogonal |
| 横跨 (橫跨) | héng kuà | to span; to stretch across |
| 纵横 (縱橫) | zòng héng | lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal; length and breadth |
| 横扫 (橫掃) | héng sǎo | to sweep away; to sweep across |
| 横行 (橫行) | héng xíng | to go on the rampage; to riot |
| 横幅 (橫幅) | héng fú | horizontal scroll; banner |
| 蛮横 (蠻橫) | mán hèng | rude and unreasonable |
| 横贯 (橫貫) | héng guàn | horizontal traverse; to cut across |
| 专横 (專橫) | zhuān hèng | imperious; peremptory |
| 横越 (橫越) | héng yuè | to cross; to pass over |
| 横梁 (橫梁) | héng liáng | beam |
| 横渡 (橫渡) | héng dù | to cross (a body of water) |
English words written with 横
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.