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Kotomora

傾

lean, incline, tilt, trend, wane, sink, ruin, bias

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 1,000Strokes13

Readings

On'yomi

  • ケイ

Kun'yomi

  • かたむ.く
  • かたむ.ける
  • かたぶ.く
  • かた.げる
  • かし.げる

Meaning

傾 centers on a shift away from upright or neutral: physically leaning or tilting, and figuratively a trend, bias, or decline toward ruin.

Most common words using 傾

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  • 傾向けいこう
    N3

    tendency; trend; inclination

  • 傾けるかたむける
    N1

    to incline; to lean; to tip; to tilt; to slant; to bend; to list

  • 傾くかたむく
    N2

    to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to heel over; to be disposed to; to trend toward; to be prone to

  • 傾斜けいしゃ
    N1

    inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip; tilt; lean

  • 傾きかたむき

    slope; inclination; list

  • 傾倒けいとう

    devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; having great esteem for

  • 傾ぐかしぐ

    to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to heel over; to be disposed to; to trend toward; to be prone to

  • 傾げるかしげる
    N1

    to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant

  • 右傾うけい

    leaning to the right

  • 傾斜地けいしゃち

    slope; sloping ground; sloping lot

  • 傾聴けいちょう

    listening closely

  • 傾注けいちゅう

    devoting (oneself) to; concentrating (one's efforts) on

  • 左傾さけい

    leaning to the left

  • 傾城けいせい

    beauty; siren

  • 前傾ぜんけい

    forward inclination (of the body); bending forward

  • 耳を傾けるみみをかたむける
    N2

    to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

  • イオン化傾向イオンかけいこう

    ionization tendency; ionisation tendency

  • インフレ傾向インフレけいこう

    inflationary trend; inflationary tendency

  • デフレ傾向デフレけいこう

    deflationary trend

  • データ傾向データけいこう

    data trend; data tendency

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Etymology

傾 combines 亻 (person) with 頃, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of tilting or inclining. The exact historical development of 頃 is uncertain, but the compound suggests a person leaning.

Meaning mnemonic

A person 亻 beside 頃, which looks like a head tilted to one side. Picture someone leaning their head, causing their whole body to incline.

Reading mnemonic

For ケイ, imagine a person leaning against a giant letter K: K -> ケイ, and the K tilts under their weight.