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傾 — 13 strokes / Radical「亻」

道
4Junior high level / 13 strokes / Radical「亻」
On
ケイけい · kei
Kun
かたむ.く・かたむ.ける・かたぶ.く・かた.げる・かし.げるkatamu.ku · katamu.keru · katabu.ku · kata.geru · kashi.geru
Meaning
lean; incline; tendency

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

亻 "person" with 頃 "to tilt": a body tilting — to lean, to incline.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onケイけいkei傾斜けいしゃ傾倒けいとう傾向けいこう
Kunかたむくkatamuku傾くかたむく傾きかたむき
Kunかたむけるkatamukeru傾けるかたむける

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 傾向けいこう

    tendency; trend

  • 傾斜けいしゃ

    slope; incline

More words with this kanji

  • 傾聴けいちょう
  • 傾国けいこく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

夏(なつ)は気温(きおん)が上(あ)がる傾向(けいこう)にある。

Temperatures tend to rise in summer.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

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