斜
inclined; slanting; oblique; tilting
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,277 U+659C
How 斜 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
斗 (semantic, “measuring cup”) + 余 (phonetic, yú)
How to remember it
slanting · Heisig RSH #2651
scale + 斗 Big Dipper
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 余
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 余 (yú) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 余 sound component | yú | surplus, remainder; surname |
| 途 | tú | way, road, path, journey, course |
| 涂 | tú | to smear, to scribble, to daub; surname |
| 徐 | xú | slowly, quietly, calmly; dignified, composed |
| 叙 | xù | to express, to state; to relate, to narrate |
| 荼 | tú | a bitter vegetable |
| 嵞 | tú | a mountain in Zhejiang |
| 狳 | yú | armadillo |
| 蜍 | chú | toad (2) |
| 酴 | tú | yeast; wine; to leaven, to ferment |
Words containing 斜
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 目不斜视 | mù bù xié shì | not to glance sideways (idiom); to gaze fixedly; to be fully concentrated; to preserve a c… |
| 斜长石 | xié cháng shí | plagioclase (rock-forming mineral, type of feldspar) |
| 斜体字 | xié tǐ zì | italics |
| 斜管面 | xié guǎn miàn | penne pasta |
| 身正不怕影子斜 | shēn zhèng bù pà yǐng zi xié | (lit.) when a man stands straight, he doesn't worry that his shadow is slanting (saying); … |
| 反斜线 | fǎn xié xiàn | backslash (computing); reversed diagonal |
| 斜线号 | xié xiàn hào | slash (punct.); forward slash (computing); virgule; slanting line; oblique line |
| 比萨斜塔 | Bǐ sà Xié tǎ | Leaning Tower of Pisa |
| 斜射球 | xié shè qiú | a sliced ball (tennis or table tennis) |
| 内斜视 | nèi xié shì | (medicine) esotropia; cross-eye |
| 斜眼看 | xié yǎn kàn | to look askance |
| 斜方型 | xié fāng xíng | trapezium (geometry) |
| 斜体 | xié tǐ | italics; slanting typeface |
| 斜面 | xié miàn | inclined plane |
| 斜眼 | xié yǎn | to look askance; cross or wall-eyed |
| 不偏斜 | bù piān xié | not leaning to one side; impartial; even-handed |
| 斜线 | xié xiàn | oblique line; slash (symbol) |
| 斜阳 | xié yáng | setting sun |
| 斜交 | xié jiāo | bevel; oblique |
| 斜角 | xié jiǎo | bevel angle; oblique angle |