仄

Meaning

仄 centers on something barely perceptible or indirectly expressed: seen dimly, faint, hinted at, or suggested rather than stated openly. The 'stupid' sense is a rare, likely archaic extension of being dim or unclear.

• 仄かほのか
  N1

  faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate

• 仄々ほのぼの

  dimly; faintly; with a faint light

• 仄めかしほのめかし

  hint; intimation; suggestion; inkling

• 仄ほの

  faintly; dimly; slightly; barely

• 仄めかすほのめかす
  N1

  to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply

• 仄めくほのめく

  to be seen dimly; to glimmer

• 仄声そくせい

  oblique tones (the three tones of Chinese that exclude the high-level, or first, tone)

• 仄聞そくぶん

  hearing casually; hearing by chance; learning by hearsay

• 仄聞くほのきく

  to hear faintly

• 仄見えるほのみえる

  to be faintly visible; to be barely visible

• 仄韻そくいん

  oblique-tone rhyme (of Chinese)

• 平仄ひょうそく

  meter (in Chinese poetry); consistency

• 平仄を合わせるひょうそくをあわせる

  to bring to same level; to harmonize

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