横
hénghèng HSK6

across

横 (橫) héng frequency
horizontal noun
oriented from side to side or crosswise; the horizontal stroke in Chinese characters

这个汉字的第一笔是横。

zhè gè hàn​zì de dì​yī bǐ shì héng.

The first stroke of this Chinese character is a horizontal stroke.

lay across verb
to place an object flat on a surface or to traverse across a space

路中间横着一棵被大风吹断的树。

lù zhōng​jiān héng zhe yī kē bèi dà​fēng chuī duàn de shù.

A tree blown down by the strong wind lay across the road.

harsh adjective
behaving in an unreasonable, violent, or overbearing manner

他总是对别人的工作横加干涉。

tā zǒng​shì duì bié​ren de gōng​zuò héng jiā gān​shè.

He is always meddling in other people's work.

chaotic expression
being in a jumble or a state of disorder

屋子里的家具摆放得横七竖八。

wū​zi lǐ de jiā​jù bǎi​fàng de héng​qī​shù​bā.

The furniture in the room was scattered in a messy way.

横 (橫) hèng
unexpected noun
unexpected and sudden

他担心会发生横祸。

tā dān​xīn huì fā​shēng hèng huò.

He was worried that an unexpected disaster might occur.

unreasonable adjective
harsh and unreasonable

那个摊主说话的语气非常横。

nà​gè tān​zhǔ shuō​huà de yǔ​qì fēi​cháng hèng.

That vendor spoke in a very aggressive tone.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,330th most common 92.6 per million
Movie subtitles
1,900th most common 22.9 per million appears in 13% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
7.75 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
32.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Traditional
橫
Strokes
15
Unicode
U+6A2A

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)