斜

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inclined; slanting; oblique; tilting

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

斗 meaning “measuring cup” + 余 sound ( yú )

Components 余斗

slanting · Heisig RSH #2651

scale + 斗 Big Dipper

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
目不斜视	mù bù xié shì	not to glance sideways (idiom); to gaze fixedly; to be fully concentrated; to preserve a c…
斜长石	xié cháng shí	plagioclase (rock-forming mineral, type of feldspar)
斜体字	xié tǐ zì	italics
斜管面	xié guǎn miàn	penne pasta
身正不怕影子斜	shēn zhèng bù pà yǐng zi xié	(lit.) when a man stands straight, he doesn't worry that his shadow is slanting (saying); …
反斜线	fǎn xié xiàn	backslash (computing); reversed diagonal
斜线号	xié xiàn hào	slash (punct.); forward slash (computing); virgule; slanting line; oblique line
比萨斜塔	Bǐ sà Xié tǎ	Leaning Tower of Pisa
斜射球	xié shè qiú	a sliced ball (tennis or table tennis)
内斜视	nèi xié shì	(medicine) esotropia; cross-eye
斜眼看	xié yǎn kàn	to look askance
斜方型	xié fāng xíng	trapezium (geometry)
斜体	xié tǐ	italics; slanting typeface
斜面	xié miàn	inclined plane
斜眼	xié yǎn	to look askance; cross or wall-eyed
不偏斜	bù piān xié	not leaning to one side; impartial; even-handed
斜线	xié xiàn	oblique line; slash (symbol)
斜阳	xié yáng	setting sun
斜交	xié jiāo	bevel; oblique
斜角	xié jiǎo	bevel angle; oblique angle

Characters sharing the sound component 余 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
余 sound part	yú	surplus, remainder; surname
途	tú	way, road, path, journey, course
涂	tú	to smear, to scribble, to daub; surname
徐	xú	slowly, quietly, calmly; dignified, composed
叙	xù	to express, to state; to relate, to narrate
荼	tú	a bitter vegetable
嵞	tú	a mountain in Zhejiang
狳	yú	armadillo
蜍	chú	toad (2)
酴	tú	yeast; wine; to leaven, to ferment