Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 斜

斜

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Meaning

 slant, tilted, diagonal, oblique

Pronunciation

 SHA
naname

Explanation

 Left: excess, remain 余 (A heap is still on the variant of altar 示 (= to show), thus there in excess.), right: measure of volume 斗 (1 TO = 18 L; stylized ladle with sth. in it)

Mnemonic

Too much in the ladle makes it slant.

Radicals

余 in excess(A heap is still (on a variant) of altar 示 [= to show], thus there in excess.)
斗 Measure of volume(Radical: tomasu)
cover
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Vocabulary

傾斜 けいしゃ inclination, slant, slope, bevel
斜め ななめ obliqueness
斜面 しゃめん slope, slanting surface, bevel

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