横

horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent

横 = 木 + 黄 : Hamlet (h) climbed on the beam (横) of the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) and now he is too afraid to come down again. If the Yellow Emperor (黄) doesn't want to call the fire brigade, for better or worse he'll have to climb the Christmas Tree (木) to pick Hamlet up.

横

橫

hèng = h + (e)ng4

harsh and unreasonable / unexpected

横 character breakdown

横
- 木
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 黄
  - 井
    - 丨
    - 丿
    - 二
      - 一
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 由
    - 丨
    - 曰
      - 一
      - 囗

木

mù = mu + Ø4

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

木 = 八 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree.

Malte Monkey (mu) is setting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He decorates the tree with eight-balls (八) and puts a holy cross (十) at the top of the tree.

黄

黃

huáng = hu + ang2

surname Huang or Hwang

黄 = 井 + 由 + 八 : Mnemonic symbol: the Yellow Emperor.

Helga Horse invited the Yellow Emperor to join her visit anglepod. In the kitchen, he falls for her trap: Helga prepared a field of eight balls on which the Yellow Emperor trips. As he falls into the well behind the field of eight balls, Helga neighs and laughs loudly at him.

黄

黃

huáng = hu + ang2

yellow / pornographic / to fall through

Characters with 横 as component

横 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 横

纵

縱

zòng

横

橫

héng

lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal / length and breadth / criss-crossed / able to move unhindered / abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)

蛮

蠻

mán

横

橫

hèng

rude and unreasonable

发

發

fa̅

横

橫