What 횡 means
The whole Korean word sets its meaning.
In words built from the Chinese character 橫, meanings include “horizontal” or “across,” extending to “side,” “unexpected,” or “arbitrary.” Hangul was devised so Korean speech could be written without relying on Chinese characters. Its first record dates to 1443; an explanatory book followed in 1446.
Questions people ask
1Why can 횡 have two stored forms?
Both forms are valid: Unicode can store 횡 as one syllable block or as separate letters. Text normalization, which standardizes equivalent text, can switch between them without changing the display.
How to type 횡
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType D6A1, then Alt+X to get 횡.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “hangul syllable hoeng”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType d6a1, then Enter or Space.
HTML
횡CSS
\D6A1Korean keyboard
To type 횡 with a Korean keyboard, activate Korean input and enter ㅎ, then ㅗ + ㅣ for ㅚ, then ㅇ; the IME combines them.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
횡
HTML hex
횡
CSS content
content: "\D6A1";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%ED%9A%A1
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.