横 héng

横 (héng) is a Chinese character with 15 strokes, taught at HSK level 6. This page gives its meaning, the words it appears in, and characters at the same level.

Pinyin: héng
Strokes: 15
Level: HSK level 6
Component: 木

Meaning

横 means horizontal; across in English.

Meanings in 13 languages
English	horizontal; across
Spanish	horizontal; atravesado
Portuguese	horizontal; atravessado
French	horizontal; de travers
German	waagerecht; quer
Italian	orizzontale; di traverso
Russian	горизонтальный; поперёк
Arabic	أفقي; عرضي
Hindi	क्षैतिज; आड़ा
Indonesian	horizontal; melintang
Vietnamese	ngang
Japanese	横; 横たわる
Korean	가로; 횡

Stroke order

Stroke-order animation for this character: open the writing tool with 横 loaded.

Characters at the same level

晓 xiǎo 枝 zhī 田 tián 厕 cè 账 zhàng 啦 lā 嘛 ma 哇 wā 亡 wáng 犯 fàn 罪 zuì 逼 bī