Memory phrase for the Kanji: 斜


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Meaning slant, tilted, diagonal, oblique

Pronunciation

SHA
naname

Explanation

Left: excess, remain (A heap is still on the variant of altar (= to show), thus there in excess.), right: measure of volume (1 TO = 18 L; stylized ladle with sth. in it)

Mnemonic


 
Too much in the ladle makes it slant.

Radicals

in excessA heap is still (on a variant) of altar [= to show], thus there in excess.
Measure of volumeRadical: tomasu
cover
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 Vocabulary

傾斜 けいしゃ  inclination, slant, slope, bevel
斜め ななめ  obliqueness
斜面 しゃめん  slope, slanting surface, bevel

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