# 斜 — Diagonal

Frequency rank 302 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 交 (Mix), less common than 応 (Respond).

- On’yomi: しゃ
- Kun’yomi: なな
- Radical: 斗 Dipper (Kangxi 68)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

Surplus on the left is cut by an axe on the right — an axe cutting at a surplus angle, not straight but slanting diagonal.

In words:

- 斜め ななめ — obliqueness
- 斜面 しゃめん — slope;slanting surface;bevel
- 傾斜 けいしゃ — inclination;slant;slope;bevel;list;dip

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