傾 – lean, incline, tilt

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#938 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 傾 means lean, incline, tilt, trend, wane, sink, ruin, bias. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ケイ (kei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かたむ.く、かたむ.ける、かたぶ.く、かた.げる、かし.げる (katamuku, katamukeru, katabuku, katageru, kashigeru). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ケイ	kei
Kun’yomi	かたむ.く	katamuku
Kun’yomi	かたむ.ける	katamukeru
Kun’yomi	かたぶ.く	katabuku
Kun’yomi	かた.げる	katageru
Kun’yomi	かし.げる	kashigeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・貝・目・ハ・頁・匕.

Words using 傾

傾向けいこうtendency傾くかたむくto incline toward傾斜けいしゃinclination傾けるかたむけるto incline

Example sentences

その傾向はアメリカ人に強いようですね。

That tendency is strong among Americans.

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そのポールは左に傾いた。

The pole inclined to the left.

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太陽が西に傾いた。

The sun declined westward.

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Kanji with the same radical

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