横 héng▶ khắc nghiệt và vô lý; ngang ngược

Stroke order

横 is written in 15 strokes.

• 横

Senses

1. horizontal
2. across
3. crosswise
4. horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters)
5. to place (sth) flat (on a surface)
6. to cross (a river, etc)
7. in a jumble
8. chaotic
9. (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable
10. violent

Related words

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横 is pronounced héng and means “khắc nghiệt và vô lý; ngang ngược”. It is part of the HSK 6 word list, a level of China’s Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi proficiency exam. Knowing what 横 means when you see it is a weaker kind of knowing than being able to summon it; only the second survives a real conversation. LexiTrail spaces your reviews so each one lands when it will do the most work.