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The character "横" originates from the concept of a horizontal wooden beam, structurally formed by the wood radical "木" combined with the phonetic component "黄", with its traditional form "橫" featuring the element "黃" for sound. Initially denoting physical objects like crossbars or lateral orientation, its meaning broadened to encompass abstract directions such as crossing or traversing, and later developed additional connotations of willfulness or perversity, particularly in the reading "hèng", illustrating a semantic evolution that extended from tangible references to more figurative applications while maintaining its compositional integrity.
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这条河很宽。
请横向移动这个箱子。
不要横穿马路，很危险。
螃蟹是横着走路的动物。
那座新建的大桥横跨大江两岸。
事情本来很顺利，谁知又横生枝节。
他对别人的工作总是横加指责。
在历史的洪流中，个人命运往往显得横逆莫测。