Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced heng
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced heng, including 横 héng / hèng, 衡 héng, 恒 héng, 哼 hēng / hng, 亨 hēng. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms…
How to Pronounce This Syllable
Build heng by sliding from h straight into eng; the tone rides over the joined sound, so treat it as one unit.
Initial h
Start the syllable on the initial h, then run straight into the final eng — keep them joined instead of sounding out separate English letters.
Final eng
eng is farther back than en.
Study Tip
Start with the most common characters (横 héng / hèng, 衡 héng, 恒 héng, 哼 hēng / hng, 亨 hēng) and lock in their tones. 5 common characters share the sound heng, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
heng turns up here with 2 different tones; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.
1st tone
Taking the 1st tone here: 哼, 亨 (2 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
2nd tone
Taking the 2nd tone here: 横, 衡, 恒 (3 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing heng inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
5 common characters in this group.