The story of 橫

across, horizontal

橫 is composed of 木(wood) and 黃 (yellow). 黃 is the picture of a man wearing a semi-circular jade ornament named Huang (璜), a Huang looks horizontal when hanging as a pendant. Wood was the most common building materials in ancient China, so 木 has the meaning of structure.

Vocabulary of 橫

  • 專橫 (imperious)
  • 橫向 (horizontal)

Classification

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