橫

Glyph origin
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Etymology

 * “crosswise > door rail; side; cross-grained; unrestrained”
 * Related to, , and  , and possibly.
 * connects these with 🇨🇬 < 🇨🇬. Compare 🇨🇬 and the 🇨🇬 derivatives, (cf. 🇨🇬).

Definitions

 * 1) middle rail of a wooden door; crosspiece
 * 2) to lie crossways; to be situated crosswise; to be horizontal
 * 3) to move crosswise; to cross; to traverse; to stretch across
 * 4) to cut crosswise; to intercept transversely
 * 5) to hold crosswise; to put something horizontally; to wear across
 * 6) crosswise; horizontal; transverse; across; east-west
 * 7)  Horizontal Alliance, i.e. states during the Warring States period in Chinese history which ally with Qin to participate in its ascendancy
 * 8) side; nearby; something situated sideways
 * 9) to cast a sidelong glance at; to look sideways
 * 10) to brim with; to be brimming with; to fill; to be found all over
 * 11) to place over; to cover
 * 12) broad; vast; wide; extensive
 * 13) to crisscross; to interlock; to intersect; to be mixed together
 * 14) not listening to reason; unreasonable; unrestrained; outrageous
 * 15)  horizontal stroke
 * 16) ancient placename in modern-day Shangqiu city in Henan province of China
 * 17)  probably; presumably; perhaps; maybe
 * 18)  anyway; anyhow; in any case
 * 1) ancient placename in modern-day Shangqiu city in Henan province of China
 * 2)  probably; presumably; perhaps; maybe
 * 3)  anyway; anyhow; in any case

Definitions

 * 1) perverse and violent; unrestrained and aggressive; brutal and unreasonable; cross-grained
 * 2) unrestrainedly; turbulently; intrusively and violently
 * 3) in vain; wastefully
 * 4) sudden (and catastrophic); unexpected; unpredicted
 * 5) additional; supplementary; extra; extraneous
 * 6) contingency; mishap; misfortune; accident

Definitions

 * 1)   a gate of Chang'an City
 * 1)   a gate of Chang'an City

Hanja

 * 1) across
 * 2) horizontal, lateral