斜 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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xié

slanting

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

Components

斗 Meaning component

dǒu, dòu

ladle

余 Sound component

yú

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

xié

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

Most common words with 斜

Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 4.5971% of movies

2496th most common character in movies

1786th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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