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incline

HSK 10 N2
qīng
ケイ
かたむ.く、かたむ.ける、かたぶ.く、かた.げる、かし.げる
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 頃 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (傾)
Meaning component
rén person (side)
亻 is a component form of 人.
Phonetic component
100 Chinese acres
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Simplified (倾)
Meaning component
rén person (side)
亻 is a component form of 人.
Phonetic component
qǐng a measure of
a moment
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
/ [qīng]
to overturn; to collapse; to lean; to tend; to incline; to pour out
Japanese
斜め (irreg.) (old) ななめ なのめ (old) 同音

adj-no

  1. slanting; tilted; sloping; diagonal; oblique
  2. distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood); amiss; awry
Example Sentences