横

横 · héng

across

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

across

Mandarin
héng
Cantonese
waang4

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese

Readings recorded for 横 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.

Japanese 日本語

Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.

On’yomi · katakana

オウコウ

Kun’yomi · hiragana

よこよこぎるよこたえるよこたわる

Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property

オウ コウ よこ よこぎる よこたえる よこたわる

Korean 한국어

Not recorded for this exact character in this dataset. This does not mean the language has no reading.

Vietnamese Tiếng Việt

Character readings · Quốc ngữ

hoạnh

Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kVietnamese ↗ · provisional property

hoạnh

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+6A2A
Radical
木 · 75
Strokes
15 · Unihan
Residual
11

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

15 strokes
横
Strokes
15
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

15 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿰木黄(GTJV)
⿰木⿳龷田八(P)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 横

Character connections

No reverse component match in this collection.

History & distinctions

Related forms

橫

Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
héng
kCantonese
waang4
kDefinition
across
kTotalStrokes
15
kRSUnicode
75.11
kTraditionalVariant
U+6A6B
kTGH
2013:3213

Readings across dictionaries

Hanyu Da Zidian
héng,hèng,guāng,guàng,huáng,huàng 21273.070
Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
héng 0459.050 · hèng 0460.070
Tongyong Guifan · 2013
héng 136.160 · hèng 137.040
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

Reference desk

Sentences in context

Find examples using 横 ↗

The attributed sentence collection is still small; this spelling has no retained example yet.

Study this character

Structure & connections

0.10
149dictionary records using 横0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
木 beside 黄 · the shape used in China, Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam
Source notation ^⿰木黄$(GTJV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰木黄$(GTJV)

^⿰木⿳龷田八$(P)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.