The kanji 斜: meaning, readings and stroke order

斜

Meaning: slanting, diagonal
On reading: シャ sha
Kun reading: なな（め） naname
Strokes: 11
Radical: 斗 dipper
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: chéo, nghiêng (tà)
Japanese: ななめ。かたむいている。
Korean: 비스듬하다 (사)
Chinese: 斜

Readings, words and example sentences

シャ sha · on reading · less common

斜しゃ面めん
slope
山の 斜しゃ面めんを登ります。
We climb the mountain slope.

なな（め） naname · kun reading

斜ななめ
slanted, diagonal
紙を 斜ななめに切ります。
I cut the paper diagonally.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.