斜 means “diagonal, slanting”

ななめ · naname

Also: oblique

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ななめ, はす

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シャ

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The story

A ladle (斗) beside 余, extra: picture tipping a dipper to pour off what is left over. 斜め is diagonal or slanting, 斜面 a slope, and 斜め読み, reading at a slant, is skimming a page.

Used in 斜め (naname, diagonal), 斜面 (shamen, slope), and 傾斜 (keisha, incline/slope)

More from Shapes & Angles

• 傍 beside
• 塊 lump
• 孔 hole
• 凸 convex
• 凹 concave
• 弧 arc
• 隙 gap
• 環 ring
• 枠 frame
• 端 edge
• 距 distance
• 圏 sphere

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.