斜

斜	U+659C, 斜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-659C

← 斛
[U+659B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

斝 →
[U+659D]

Translingual

Han character

斜 (Kangxi radical 68, 斗+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人木卜十 (ODYJ), four-corner 8490₀, composition ⿰余斗)

Derived characters

䔑, 厁, 㙦

Additional Derived Characters

𱗯, 𣻠, 𱳇, 𪯯, 𪯰, 𫿸

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 478, character 15
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13509
Dae Jaweon: page 836, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2253, character 9
Unihan data for U+659C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		斜

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 斜
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (余) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
斜	lja, laː
茶	*rlaː
荼	rlaː, ɦlja, *l'aː
梌	rlaː, l̥ʰaː, *l'aː
搽	*rlaː
塗	rlaː, l'aː
佘	*ɦlja
賒	*hljaː
畬	hljaː, la
舍	hljaːʔ, hljaːs
捨	*hljaːʔ
騇	hljaːʔ, hljaːs
涻	*hljaːs
稌	l̥ʰaː, l̥ʰaːʔ
悇	l̥ʰaː, l̥ʰas, *las
庩	*l̥ʰaː
捈	l̥ʰaː, l'aː
途	*l'aː
酴	*l'aː
駼	*l'aː
鵌	l'aː, la
涂	l'aː, l'a
嵞	*l'aː
峹	*l'aː
筡	l'aː, l̥ʰa
蒤	*l'aː
徐	*lja
俆	*lja
敘	*ljaʔ
漵	*ljaʔ
除	l'a, l'as
篨	*rla
滁	*rla
蒢	*rla
蜍	ɦlja, la
鵨	*hljaː
瑹	*hlja
余	*la
餘	*la
艅	*la
狳	*la
雓	*la
悆	*las

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *lja, *laː): semantic 斗 (“ladle/dipper”) + phonetic 余 (OC *la). The character expresses the idea of scooping or drawing out. By extension, it is also used to mean "slant" or "diagonal."^[1]

References

^ Digital Shinjigen 2017

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xié, xiá (xie², xia²)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ, ㄒㄧㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ce⁴ / ce³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhià / chhia / chià

(Meixian, Guangdong): xia² / qia² / qia⁴
Northern Min (KCR): ciǎ / chia̿
Eastern Min (BUC): sià / chiâ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): siâ / siê / chhiâ

(Teochew, Peng'im): sia⁵ / sia¹
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶zhia / ²zia / ²jia

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xié
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sié
  - Wade–Giles: hsieh²
  - Yale: syé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shye
  - Palladius: се (se)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiá
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siá
  - Wade–Giles: hsia²
  - Yale: syá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shya
  - Palladius: ся (sja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ce⁴ / ce³
  - Yale: chèh / che
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tse⁴ / tse³
  - Guangdong Romanization: cé⁴ / cé³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː²¹/, /t͡sʰɛː³³/

Note: ce3 - etymological character is 笡.

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhià / chhia / chià
  - Hakka Romanization System: qia^ˇ / qia / jia^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qia² / qia⁴ / jia²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯a¹¹/, /t͡sʰi̯a⁵⁵/, /t͡si̯a¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: xia² / qia² / qia⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ɕia¹¹/, /t͡ɕʰia¹¹/, /t͡ɕʰia⁵³/

Note:

Sixian:
- chhia- etymological character is 笡;
- chià - "incompetent", may be etymologically unrelated.
Meixian:
- xia2 - literary reading;
- qia2, qia4 - vernacular reading;
- qia4 - etymological character is 笡.

Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ciǎ / chia̿
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sia²¹/, /t͡sʰia³³/

Note: chia̿ - etymological character is 笡.

Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sià / chiâ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sia⁵³/, /t͡sʰiɑ²⁴²/

Note:

sià - literary;
chiâ - vernacular (etymological character is 笡).

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Hui'an, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâ
  - Tâi-lô: siâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaa
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Hui'an, Taipei): /sia²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sia²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sia¹³/
  - IPA (Zhangpu): /sia²¹³/
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siê
  - Tâi-lô: siê
  - IPA (Longyan): /sie¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Hui'an, Longyan, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiâ
  - Tâi-lô: tshiâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiaa
  - IPA (Longyan): /t͡sʰia¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰia²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰia¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Hui'an, Taipei): /t͡sʰia²⁴/

Note:

siâ/siê - literary;
chhiâ - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: sia⁵ / sia¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siâ / sia
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /sia⁵⁵/, /sia³³/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zhia
  - MiniDict: zhia^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxia
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑia²³/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²zia
  - MiniDict: zia^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ziɑ²²³/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²jia
  - MiniDict: jia^平
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /d͡ʑiɑ²³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 斜
Mandarin	Beijing	/ɕiɛ³⁵/
	Harbin	/ɕiɛ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/ɕie⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/ɕiə⁴²/
	Qingdao	/siə⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/siɛ⁴²/
	Xi'an	/ɕiɛ²⁴/
	Xining	/ɕi²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ɕie⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ɕiə⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/ɕiɤ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/ɕie²¹³/
	Chengdu	/ɕie³¹/
	Guiyang	/ɕie²¹/
	Kunming	/ɕiɛ³¹/
	Nanjing	/sie²⁴/
	Hefei	/ɕi⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ɕie¹¹/
	Pingyao	/ɕie̞¹³/
	Hohhot	/ɕie³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ʑia²³/
	Suzhou	/ziɑ¹³/
	Hangzhou	/d͡ʑiɑ²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/zei³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡sa²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/sie¹³/ /sia¹³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/d͡ziɒ¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/ɕiɑ⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰia¹¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/t͡sʰiɑ¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sʰɛ²¹/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰɛ²¹/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sʰɛ²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/sia³⁵/ /t͡sʰia³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/t͡sʰiɑ²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡sia²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/sia⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/tia³³/

Middle Chinese: zjae

Rime
Character	斜
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	似嗟切
Baxter	zjae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zia/
Pan Wuyun	/zia/
Shao Rongfen	/zia/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zia/
Li Rong	/zia/
Wang Li	/zĭa/
Bernhard Karlgren	/zi̯a/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ce⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*lja/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	斜
Reading #	1/2
No.	15746
Phonetic component	余
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	衺
Old Chinese	/*lja/

Definitions

斜

tilted; sloping; inclined; oblique; slanting
斜體／斜体 ― xiétǐ ― oblique type

比薩斜塔／比萨斜塔 ― Bǐsà Xiétǎ ― the Leaning Tower of Pisa
to slant; to tilt; to slope
(Cantonese) slope (Classifier: 條／条 c)
落斜 [Cantonese] ― lok⁶ ce³ [Jyutping] ― to go down a slope
(Yangzhou Mandarin) to take a nap
(Chinese calligraphy) a bend to the right (such as in ㇂, ㇃, or ㇠)
a surname, Xie

Coordinate terms

(basic character strokes) 點 / 点 (diǎn), 橫 / 横, 豎 / 竖 (shù), 提, 捺 (nà), 撇, 折, 鉤 / 钩 (gōu), 彎 / 弯 (wān), 斜

Compounds

一溜歪斜 (yīliùwāixié)
乜乜斜斜
乜斜 (miēxie)
乜斜眼
乜斜纏帳 / 乜斜缠帐
偏斜 (piānxié)
傾斜 / 倾斜
傾斜流 / 倾斜流
傾斜角 / 倾斜角
內斜視 / 内斜视 (nèixiéshì)
刺斜 (cìxié)
向斜層 / 向斜层
同斜層 / 同斜层
喎斜 / 㖞斜
單斜層 / 单斜层
單斜脊 / 单斜脊
大陸斜坡 / 大陆斜坡
挑斜岔兒 / 挑斜岔儿
攲斜 (qīxié)
斜刀頭 / 斜刀头 (xiédāotóu)
斜坡 (xiépō)
斜射
斜度 (xiédù)
斜度標 / 斜度标
斜暉 / 斜晖 (xiéhuī)
斜溫層 / 斜温层
斜漢 / 斜汉
斜照
斜眼 (xiéyǎn)
斜睨
斜視 / 斜视 (xiéshì)
斜紋 / 斜纹 (xiéwén)
斜紋夜蛾 / 斜纹夜蛾
斜線 / 斜线 (xiéxiàn)
斜腳雨 / 斜脚雨
斜角 (xiéjiǎo)
斜邊 / 斜边 (xiébiān)
斜長石 / 斜长石 (xiéchángshí)
斜陽 / 斜阳 (xiéyáng)
斜面 (xiémiàn)
斜風細雨 / 斜风细雨
斜高
旁行斜上
歪斜 (wāixié)
歪膏揤斜 (oai-ko-chhi̍h-chhoa̍h) (Min Nan)
比薩斜塔 / 比萨斜塔 (Bǐsà Xiétǎ)
狹斜 / 狭斜
目不斜視 / 目不斜视 (mùbùxiéshì)
背斜層 / 背斜层
蹀里蹀斜
迆邐歪斜 / 迆逦歪斜
陡斜

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yé (ye²)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yé
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yé
  - Wade–Giles: yeh²
  - Yale: yé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ye
  - Palladius: е (je)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: yae

Rime
Character	斜
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以遮切
Baxter	yae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jia/
Pan Wuyun	/jia/
Shao Rongfen	/ia/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jia/
Li Rong	/ia/
Wang Li	/jĭa/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯a/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	je⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*laː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	斜
Reading #	2/2
No.	15762
Phonetic component	余
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	邪
Old Chinese	/*laː/

Definitions

斜

name of valley in Zhongnan Mountains, Shaanxi province

Compounds

斜谷

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chá (cha²)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chá
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chá
  - Wade–Giles: chʻa²
  - Yale: chá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: char
  - Palladius: ча (ča)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/

Definitions

斜

only used in 伊稚斜

Japanese

Shinjitai	斜
Kyūjitai ^[1]	斜󠄁 斜+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	斜󠄃 斜+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

斜

(Jōyō kanji)

slanted, tilted

Readings

From Middle Chinese 斜 (MC zjae):

Go-on: じゃ (ja)
Kan-on: しゃ (sha, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 斜 (MC yae):

Go-on: や (ya)
Kan-on: や (ya)

From native Japanese roots:

Kun: ななめ (naname, 斜め, Jōyō)、くむ (kumu, 斜む)、さか (saka, 斜)、はす (hasu, 斜)

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
斜
はす Grade: S
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はす [hàsú] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ha̠sɨ]

Noun

斜(はす) • (hasu)

diagonal, slant, oblique
Synonym: 斜め (naname)

Derived terms

斜(はす)に構(かま)える (hasunikamaeru)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
斜
しゃ Grade: S
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 斜 (MC zjae).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゃ [shà] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕa̠]

Noun

斜(しゃ) • (sha)

diagonal, slant, oblique
Synonym: 斜め (naname)

Derived terms

斜(しゃ)に構(かま)える (shanikamaeru)

References

^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1029 (paper), page 565 (digital)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

斜 (eumhun 비낄 사 (bikkil sa))

hanja form^? of 사 (“aslant”)

Compounds

사시 (斜視, sasi)

Vietnamese

Han character

斜: Hán Nôm readings: tà

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[1] Digital Shinjigen 2017

[2] Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1029 (paper), page 565 (digital)

[DJR-3] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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