horizontal stroke in Chinese

横橫

HSK 3.0 · Level 6

héng

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

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Example sentences

nǐ 你 cóng 从 zhèlǐ 这里 guòqu 过去 dào 到 nàli 那里， chuānguò 穿过 dìèr 第二 tiáo 条 héng 横 mǎlù 马路 jiùshì 就是。

You can get there by crossing the street at the second intersection.
gōngchéng 工程 héngkuà 横跨 le 了 liǎng 两 gè 个 shìjì 世纪 cái 才 wánchéng 完成，

The construction straddled two centuries.

Other words for horizontal stroke

画（畫） huà HSK 2

to draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划)

2 entries in ChineseDict list "horizontal stroke" as a meaning.