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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1504 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: diagonal, slanting, oblique

Kunyomi: なな.め, はす

Onyomi: シャ

Composition: 余 斗

斜

Radical

Radical: 斗

Meaning: dipper

Reading: ますづくり

Frequency: 32

斗

Examples

Onyomi Examples

斜 (ハス) diagonal

斜面 (シャメン) slope, slanting surface, bevel

急傾斜 (キュウケイシャ) steep slope, steep incline

偏斜 (ヘンシャ) declination, deviation

Kunyomi Examples

斜め (ななめ) slanting, tilted, sloping, diagonal, oblique, distorted (feeling), slanted (e.g. view of the world), bad (mood), amiss, awry

斜め上 (ななめうえ) diagonally upward, (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)

斜 (はす) diagonal

斜交い (はすかい) aslant, oblique, diagonal, askew, cater-cornered, catty-cornered

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