HORIZONTAL    衡衡

DIRECTION WHICH IS NOT UP AND NOT DOWN.
Old Chinese Criteria
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.
Modern Chinese Criteria
橫 橫地 臥式 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • SLANT　ALMOST HORISONTAL, BUT MORE LOW ON ONE SIDE than ON the OTHER SIDE. (anc: 7/0, child: 1)
Antonym
  • VERTICALDIRECTION TOP/BOTTOM, OR NORTH/SOUTH. [THESE SHOULD SURELY BE SEPARATED!!!]
Hypernym
  • DIRECTION　RELATION to OTHER PLACES. (anc: 5/0, child: 6)
  • RELATION　FEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER. (anc: 4/0, child: 15)
  • FEATURE　ABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE. (anc: 3/0, child: 19)

Words (1 items)

橫  héng OC: ɡʷraaŋ MC: ɦɣaŋ
衡  héng OC: ɢraaŋ MC: ɦɣaŋ 14 Attributions

Héng 橫 is a later form of héng 衡.

    Word relations

    Syntactic words
  • nabsocialhorizontal alliance
  • vadVhorizontally; crosswise; from the side
  • vadVmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
  • vibe horizontal; crosswise
  • vtoNcausativecause to become horisontal; lay out horisontally;