• 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.

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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  • 1772nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 27 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. kuà (kua4)to step across • to stride over • to straddle • to span

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for kuà (kua4)The component is pronounced as 'kuā' (kua1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

跨越 

Uncommon

横跨 (橫跨)
跨国 (跨國)
跨度 
跨栏 (跨欄)
跨过 (跨過)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.