TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
橫
ㄏㄥˊ · héng/hèng
adj/noun — horizontal, crosswise; (hèng) violent, unreasonable
字源 FORM — what the parts do
IFhuáng → héng — the reading shifted off the donor
Wood (木) with 黃 huáng, the sound. The bar of wood laid across — the crossbeam, and from it everything horizontal: 橫向, 橫過. 黃 carries the sound, shifted to héng. Read hèng, it turns to the crosswise temper: 蠻橫. 黃 also frames 簧 huáng.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一根木（木）橫著架上去——橫。
A length of wood (木) laid crosswise — horizontal.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
héng
(本義)橫的、橫向— horizontal, crosswise常用
→橫梁、橫越— a crossbeam; to cross over
hèng
(引申)蠻橫、橫行— violent, overbearing; to run roughshod
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension