Chinese symbol for “transverse”
横截
héng jié
Traditional: 橫截
to cut across; cross-sectional; transverse
The closest CC-CEDICT match for transverse is 横截 (héng jié), defined as: to cut across; cross-sectional; transverse.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 横截.
| 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 |
| 截至 | jié zhì | up to (a time); by (a time) |
| 截图 (截圖) | jié tú | (computing) screenshot; to take a screenshot |
See also: Japanese symbol for “transverse”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.