斜
HSK 5freq #7766
Meanings
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- 1.inclined
- 2.slanting
- 3.oblique
- 4.tilting
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Wiktionary
- 1.tilted; sloping; inclined; oblique; slanting
- 2.to slant; to tilt; to slope
- 3.slope (Classifier: 條／条 c)
- 4.to take a nap
- 5.a bend to the right (such as in ㇂, ㇃, or ㇠)
- 6.a surname, Xie
- 7.name of valley in Zhongnan Mountains, Shaanxi province
- 8.only used in 伊稚斜
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *lja, *laː): semantic 斗 (“ladle/dipper”) + phonetic 余 (OC *la). The character expresses the idea of scooping or drawing out. By extension, it is also used to mean "slant" or "diagonal."
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
塔有點向西邊傾斜。
The tower leaned slightly to the west.
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Derived terms
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