Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 斜


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Meaning

inclined, slanting, oblique, tilting

Pronunciation

xié

Explanation

Left: excess/rest (A heap is still on the altar [= to show], thus in excess.), right: measure of volume (1 Dou= 18 l), stylised ladle with sth. on it)

Mnemonic

A 'too much' on the ladle makes it: inclined.

Radicals

remaining, excess(Under the roof, on the table, something is in excess.)
dipper
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Vocabulary

斜边 xié biān sloping side; hypotenuse (of a right-angled triangle)
倾斜 qīng xié to incline; to lean; to slant; to slope; to tilt
斜面 xié miàn inclined plane

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