Taxonomy of meanings for 橫:
- 橫 hèng (OC: ɡʷraaŋs MC: ɦʷɯaŋ) 戶孟切 去 廣韻：【非理來又音宏 】
- UNRESTRAINED
- vadVhèng in a wayward manner, in an unregulated manner; without proper reason or justification
- UNRESTRAINED
- 橫 héng (OC: ɡʷraaŋ MC: ɦʷɯaŋ) 戶盲切 平 廣韻：【縱横也又姓風俗通云韓王子成號横陽君其後爲氏戸盲切十六
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- CROSS OVER
- vadVgoing straight across
- vtoNcross horizontally; go diagonally across
- vtoNstativelie horizontally across
- vt[oN]go diagonally across things; take a new directionCH
- HORIZONTAL
- vibe horizontal; crosswise
- vadVhorizontally; crosswise; from the side
- vadVmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
- nabsocialhorizontal alliance
- vtoNcausativecause to become horisontal; lay out horisontally;
- CROSS OVER
- 橫 guāng (OC: kʷaaŋ MC: kʷɑŋ) 古黃切 平 廣韻：【長安門名又戸觥切 】
- 橫 ｇｕａｎｇ１《廣韻》古黃切，平唐見。
- 橫 ｇｕａｎｇ４《集韻》古曠切，
- 橫 ｈｕａｎｇ２《集韻》胡光切，平唐匣。
- =撗 PLANTS
- =撗 PLANTS
- 橫 ｈｕａｎｇ４《集韻》戶廣切，上蕩匣。
Additional information about 橫
說文解字:
- Criteria
- HORIZONTAL
1. Hèng 衡 refers to east-western direction, and it is used as a general term meaning horizontal.
2. Hèng 橫 is a later variant of hèng 衡.
- VIOLENT
1. The current general word for violence in action and in disposition is měng 猛 (ant. nuò 懦 "weakish, pusillanimous") which refers quite generally to a disposition for incisive action and violent reaction without strong positive or negative overtones.
2. Bào 暴 (ant. rén 仁 "humane") refers to negatively valued violence of disposition and action.
3. Xiōng 凶 (ant. wēn 溫 "mild and bland") refers to violence as a psychological disposition and does not normally describe concrete pieces of behaviour.
4. Hèng 橫 (ant. róu 柔 "considerate, non-provocative") emphasises the arbitrariness of violent response or violent disposition.
- Word relations
- Epithet: (UNRESTRAINED)行/TRAVEL
The standard word for travelling for any purpose is xíng 行. - Contrast: (UNRESTRAINED)恣/UNRESTRAINED
The current general word for lack of restraint and indulgence is zī 恣 (ant. jié 節 "exercise moderation").