Chinese Character Wiki

斜

xié

slanting

Phonosemantic compound. 斗 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound.

Components
斗 meaning component

斗  Meaning component

dǒu, dòu

  

ladle

余 sound component

余  Sound component

yú

  

I

Evolution

斜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
斜 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
斜 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

斜  

xié

slanting, sloping, inclined; inclined; slanting; oblique; tilting

Most common words with 斜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

斜

inclined

倾斜

to incline

斜坡

slope

斜眼

to look askance

斜视

a squint

Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 4.5971% of movies

2496th most common character in movies

1786th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+659C

Shuowen

“斜，杼也。从斗，余聲。”


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