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:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: dipper

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ハス diagonal

シャメン slope, slanting surface, bevel

急傾 キュウケイシャ steep slope, steep incline

ヘンシャ declination, deviation

Kunyomi Examples

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

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

はす diagonal

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