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横

héng

horizontal, across; to cross; horizontal line

A person brushes a long red line on paper
Memory picture

Character

横 héng

Strokes
15
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
木 tree 黄 yellow
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 请在表格最上方画一条横线,方便区分标题和内容。 Qǐng zài biǎogé zuì shàngfāng huà yì tiáo héngxiàn, fāngbiàn qūfēn biāotí hé nèiróng. Please draw a horizontal line at the top of the table to separate the title from the content.
  • 一辆大卡车横在路中间,后面的车都过不去。 Yí liàng dà kǎchē héng zài lù zhōngjiān, hòumiàn de chē dōu guò bú qù. A big truck is stuck sideways across the road, and the cars behind cannot get past.
  • 汉字的笔画里,第一笔常常是一横。 Hànzì de bǐhuà li, dì yī bǐ chángcháng shì yì héng. Among the strokes of Chinese characters, the first one is often a horizontal stroke.

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