• 1328th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 136 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. héng (heng2)horizontal • across • (horizontal character stroke)
2. hèng (heng4)harsh and unreasonable • perverse • unexpected

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for héng (heng2)The component is pronounced as 'huáng' (huang2). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for hèng (heng4)The component is pronounced as 'huáng' (huang2). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

横批 (橫批)
横行 (橫行)
纵横 (縱橫)

Uncommon

妙趣横生 (妙趣橫生)
专横 (專橫)
强横 (強橫)
才华横溢 (才華橫溢)
横切 (橫切)
横向 (橫向)
横幅 (橫幅)
横扫 (橫掃)
横扫千军 (橫掃千軍)
横斜 (橫斜)
横断 (橫斷)
横梁 (橫梁)
横流 (橫流)
横渡 (橫渡)
横滨 (橫濱)
横生 (橫生)
横祸 (橫禍)
横空 (橫空)
横穿 (橫穿)
横纹 (橫紋)
横线 (橫線)
横膈膜 (橫膈膜)
横卧 (橫臥)
横冲直撞 (橫衝直撞)
横竖 (橫豎)
横财 (橫財)
横贯 (橫貫)
横跨 (橫跨)
横躺 (橫躺)
横飞 (橫飛)
蛮横 (蠻橫)
骄横 (驕橫)

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  • 530th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 94 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (qi1)seven • 7

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (qi1)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

乱七八糟 (亂七八糟)
十七 

Uncommon

七七 
七七八八 
七上八下 
七十 
七嘴八舌 
七夕 
七彩 
七律 
七星 
七月 
七月份 
七窍 (七竅)
七窍生烟 (七竅生煙)
七龙珠 (七龍珠)
三七二十一 
杂七杂八 (雜七雜八)

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  • 2500th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 19 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shù (shu4)to erect • vertical • vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

横竖 (橫豎)
竖起 (豎起)

Uncommon

横七竖八 (橫七豎八)
竖琴 (豎琴)
竖直 (豎直)
竖立 (豎立)

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  • 451st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 181 words
  • Component in 547 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ba1)eight • 8

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ba1)The component is pronounced as '' (ba1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:
殿忿椿觿輿

Example Words

Common

乱七八糟 (亂七八糟)
八十 
八卦 
八戒 
八月 
十八 
王八蛋 

Uncommon

七七八八 
七上八下 
七嘴八舌 
三八 
二八 
五花八门 (五花八門)
八仙 
八佰伴 
八卦掌 
八哥 
八婆 
八成 
八方 
八角 
八达岭 (八達嶺)
八音盒 
四面八方 
天龙八部 (天龍八部)
王八 
胡说八道 (胡說八道)
腊八粥 (臘八粥)
猪八戒 (豬八戒)
杂七杂八 (雜七雜八)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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