Memory phrase for the Kanji: 横


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Meaning

horizontal, across, rude, unreasonable, perverse

Pronunciation

héng, hèng

Explanation

Left: tree , right: yellow (Together the field [in fall] turn yellow.)

Mnemonic

(A cut or felled) tree turns yellow, when lying horizontally.

Radicals

tree
yellowthe official radical is: 黃
together; common
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Vocabulary

 横行  héng xíng  to go on the rampage; to riot; to run amuck
 横坐标  héng zuò biāo  horizontal coordinate; abscissa
 纵横  zòng héng  lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal, criss-crossed
 横躺竖卧  héng tǎng shù wò  to lie down all over the place; exhausted and in disarray
 横竖  héng shu  anyway
 横征暴敛  héng zhēng bào liǎn  to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
 横匾  héng biǎn  horizontal tablet (for an inscription)
 横匾  héng biǎn  

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