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斜

11 strokes
Radical:
dipper 斗
Parts:
一 个 斗 禾
diagonal, slanting, oblique
Kun:
なな.め、 はす
On:
シャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1504 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 斜 【ハス】 diagonal
  • 斜面 【シャメン】 slope, slanting surface, bevel
  • 急傾斜 【キュウケイシャ】 steep slope, steep incline
  • 偏斜 【ヘンシャ】 declination, deviation

Kun reading compounds

  • 斜め 【ななめ】 slanting, tilted, sloping, diagonal, oblique, distorted (feeling), slanted (e.g. view of the world), bad (mood), amiss, awry
  • 斜め上 【ななめうえ】 diagonally upward, (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
  • 斜 【はす】 diagonal
  • 斜交い 【はすかい】 aslant, oblique, diagonal, askew, cater-cornered, catty-cornered

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xie2, xia2
Korean:
sa, ya

Spanish

  • diagonal
  • inclinado
  • oblicuo

Portuguese

  • diagonal
  • inclinado
  • oblíquo

French

  • penché
  • diagonale
  • oblique
1337 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1757 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2074 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1488 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1396 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1392 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1069 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1116 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1391 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
952 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1878 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
999 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1351 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1678 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13509X Morohashi
1486 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2376 New Nelson (John Haig)
1662 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1791 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1446 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2855 2001 Kanji
2a9.21 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-4 SKIP code
8490.0 Four corner code
1-28-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
659c Unicode hex code

面

9 strokes
Radical:
face 面 (靣)
Parts:
面
Variants:
靣
mask, face, features, surface
Kun:
おも、 おもて、 つら
On:
メン、 ベン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
186 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 面 【メン】 face, mask, face guard, striking the head (in kendo), surface (esp. a geometrical surface), page, aspect, facet, side, chamfer, counter for broad, flat objects, levels or stages, e.g. in a video game
  • 面会 【メンカイ】 meeting (face-to-face), seeing, visit, interview
  • 平面 【ヘイメン】 level surface, plane
  • 対面 【タイメン】 meeting face-to-face, seeing in person, facing (each other), opposing (traffic, etc.), confronting

Kun reading compounds

  • 面 【おもて】 face, surface, mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
  • 面影 【おもかげ】 face, looks, countenance, vestige, trace, reminder
  • 水の面 【みのも】 surface of the water, face of the water
  • 面 【おもて】 face, surface, mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
  • 面伏せ 【おもてぶせ】 being so embarrassed as to keep one's face down
  • 細面 【ほそおもて】 slender face
  • 面 【つら】 face, mug, surface, cheek meat, cheek, cheeks, surrounding area
  • 面当て 【つらあて】 spiteful remarks
  • 赤面 【あかつら】 red face, villain (in kabuki, jōruri, etc.)
  • 横面 【よこつら】 side of the face, side

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 ずら、 ほおつき、 も
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mian4
Korean:
myeon

Spanish

  • cara
  • semblante
  • superficie

Portuguese

  • máscara
  • rosto
  • recursos
  • superfície

French

  • masque
  • face
  • traits
  • surface
322 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
417 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
395 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
165 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5087 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
321 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1002 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
904 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.16 Japanese for Busy People
274 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
274 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
438 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1876 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2590 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1324 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1796 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1910 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42618 Morohashi
2087 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6566 New Nelson (John Haig)
1892 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2039 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
117 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
347 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3176 2001 Kanji
3s6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
3-5-4 SKIP code
1060.0 Four corner code
1-44-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9762 Unicode hex code