What is the Kanji for "Slanting" and "Diagonal"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Slanting" and "Diagonal", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Slanting" and "Diagonal" is "斜".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Nana".

Its onyomi reading is "Sha".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "余" means "Excess" and can be read as "Ama" and "Yo". And The kanji "斗" means "Ladle" and "Dipper" and can be read as "To".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "斜" mean in japanese?

"斜" means "Slanting" and "Diagonal".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

斜面: "Slope". The Japanese noun '斜面 (しゃめん)' means 'slope'. This word is used to refer to an inclined surface or a stretch of land that is not flat, but rather sloped or tilted. It can describe the side of a hill, mountain, or any other elevated terrain. For example: The house is built on a steep slope - (家は急な斜面に建てられている). I like hiking on mountain slopes - (私は山の斜面を歩くのが好きです).

斜め: "Diagonal". The adjectival noun '斜め (ななめ)' means 'diagonal'. It is used to describe something that is at an angle or skewed, not straight or perpendicular. For example: The poster is hung at a diagonal angle - (そのポスターは斜めに掛けられている). The road ahead is diagonal - (道は斜めに続いている).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "な" is read as "na". And The hiragana "し" is read as "shi".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.