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Kanji Detail for 斜 - "slanted, diagonal, slope"

斜

  • Meaning

    斜 means "slanted, diagonal, slope."

    1. Diagonal - Slanting; inclined.

    2. Slant - A slope; a tilt.

    3. Oblique - At an angle; not straight.

  • Words using 斜

    • 斜面 しゃめん Listen slope; slanting surface; bevel
    • 傾斜 けいしゃ Listen inclination; slant; slope
    • 斜体 しゃたい Listen oblique type; slanted type; division ring

  • Tattoo check: 斜

    • Verified meaning: slanted, diagonal, slope
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ななめ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 斜

    Given names 斜(ななめ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    diagonal; slanting; oblique

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    slanting, sloping, inclined

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    inclined; slanting; oblique; tilting

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    slanting, sloping, inclined

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Not straight, slanting. | Any sloping terrain is also called 斜. Such as 陳陶斜, 玉鉤斜, 索馨斜. | A valley name. Located southwest of Mei County in Shaanxi. A valley in the southern mountains. Four hundred twenty li long. The western entrance is called Xiang, the eastern entrance is called 斜.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sha(シャ) シャ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hasu(はす) はす

    naname(なな-め) なな-め

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    斗 (tomasu・to)

  • Related Keywords

    slanted slope diagonal gradient oblique incline tilt angle askew bias crooked leaning sloping tilted

Sentences including 斜

  • She is in a mood.

  • Cut the cloth diagonally.

  • Cut the cloth in a diagonal direction.

  • Why are you in a bad mood?

  • Cut the cloth diagonally.

  • He is in a bad mood.

  • Tom is in a bad mood.

  • We climbed a sharp slope.

  • His ideas always come out of left field.

  • He stared at the steep slope.

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