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Kotomora

斜

diagonal, slanting, oblique

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes11

Readings

On'yomi

  • シャ

Kun'yomi

  • なな.め
  • はす

Meaning

斜 centers on a line or direction that is not straight: diagonal, slanting, or oblique. All given meanings describe this same tilted orientation.

Most common words using 斜

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  • 斜めななめ
    N3

    slanting; tilted; sloping; diagonal; oblique

  • 傾斜けいしゃ
    N1

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

  • 斜面しゃめん
    N1

    slope; slanting surface; bevel

  • 斜はす
    N2

    diagonal

  • 急斜面きゅうしゃめん

    steep slope

  • 斜陽しゃよう

    setting sun

  • 斜線しゃせん

    oblique line; forward slash

  • 傾斜地けいしゃち

    slope; sloping ground; sloping lot

  • 斜視しゃし

    strabismus; squint

  • 斜辺しゃへん

    hypotenuse; oblique line

  • 斜体しゃたい

    oblique type; slanted type

  • 斜坑しゃこう

    inclined shaft

  • ご機嫌斜めごきげんななめ

    in a bad temper; cranky; crabby

  • ピサの斜塔ピサのしゃとう

    Leaning Tower of Pisa

  • 三斜晶系さんしゃしょうけい

    triclinic crystal system

  • 偏斜へんしゃ

    obliqueness; deviation; slantedness

  • 傾斜家賃けいしゃやちん

    progressive increase in rent

  • 傾斜度けいしゃど

    gradient

  • 傾斜生産けいしゃせいさん

    priority production

  • 傾斜生産方式けいしゃせいさんほうしき

    priority production system

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Etymology

斜 combines 余 (excess, surplus) and 斗 (a measuring ladle). The original idea may relate to pouring or measuring with a tilted ladle, producing a slanted or diagonal orientation.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side 余 suggests something extra or overflowing, and the right side 斗 is a ladle. Imagine pouring from a ladle at an angle so the liquid flows diagonally: that slant is 斜.

Reading mnemonic

For シャ, picture a shah (a king) tilting his crown at a jaunty diagonal angle: shah -> シャ, and the slant matches the kanji's meaning.