Memory phrase for the character: 横

横

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Meaning

horizontal, across, rude, unreasonable, perverse

Pronunciation

héng, hèng

Explanation

 Left: tree 木, right: yellow 黄 (Together 共 the field 田 [in fall] turn yellow.)

Mnemonic
 
(Dying trees can be recognized by their yellow foliage and need to be cut down:) Trees that have turned yellow are are laid aside horizontally.

Radicals

木 tree
黄 yellowthe official radical is: 黃
共 together; common




 Vocabulary

横行 héng xíng  to go on the rampage; to riot; to run amuck
横坐标 héng zuò biāo  horizontal coordinate; abscissa
纵横 zòng héng  lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal, criss-crossed
横躺竖卧 héng tǎng shù wò  to lie down all over the place; exhausted and in disarray
横竖 héng shu  anyway
横征暴敛 héng zhēng bào liǎn  to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
横匾 héng biǎn  horizontal tablet (for an inscription)
横匾 héng biǎn  

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