斜 – diagonal, slanting, oblique

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The kanji 斜 means diagonal, slanting, oblique. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シャ (sha); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is なな.め、はす (naname, hasu). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 斗 (no. 68).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シャ	sha
Kun’yomi	なな.め	naname
Kun’yomi	はす	hasu

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: 斗 (Kangxi radical 68). Components: 禾・斗・个・一.

Words using 斜

斜めななめslanting斜はすdiagonal傾斜けいしゃinclination斜面しゃめんslope

Example sentences

その土地は川に向かって緩やかに傾斜している。

The land slopes gently toward the river.

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岩は丘の斜面を転がり落ちた。

The rock rolled down the hillside.

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Kanji with the same radical

料斡

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