Pinyin "heng2"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "heng2" is split up into two parts: "h" and "(e)ng2". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "h"

H is for Hamlet.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "(e)ng2"

In the engine's kitchen.

Characters pronounced heng2

衡

héng = h + (e)ng2

to weigh / weight / measure

衡 = 彳 + 鱼 + 人 + 亍 : Hamlet (h) and Neanderthal Man (人) don't know how much fish (鱼) they should have for dinner. In engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) they decide that they will settle the issue by balancing (衡) they shoes with an equal amount of fish. Hamlet commences by balancing his black sneaker (彳) with three fish. After he finished Neanderthal Man balanced his full armor boot (亍) by using nine fish.

横

橫

héng = h + (e)ng2

horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent

横 = 木 + 黄 : Hamlet (h) climbed on the beam (横) of the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) and now he is too afraid to come down again. If the Yellow Emperor (黄) doesn't want to call the fire brigade, for better or worse he'll have to climb the Christmas Tree (木) to pick Hamlet up.

恒

héng = h + (e)ng2

variant of 恆|恒[heng2]

恒 = 亘 + 忄 : Hamlet (h) is trying to get rid of the contrails (亘) extending across engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) with a flail (忄), but the contrails are fixed (恒) to the firmament very rigidly.

恒

恆

héng = h + (e)ng2

permanent / constant / fixed / usual / ordinary / rule (old) / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (䷟)