傾 means “lean, tilt, incline”

かたむく · katamuku

Also: trend

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

かたむく, かたむける, かたぶく, かたげる, かしげる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ケイ

JLPT N2 · Taught in secondary school · 13 strokes

The story

A person (亻) beside 頃, which first meant a head (頁) tipped to one side: someone leaning over. 傾く is to lean or tilt, 耳を傾ける, tilting an ear, is to listen closely, and 傾向 is a tendency, the way things lean.

Used in 傾く (katamuku, to lean/tilt), 傾向 (keikou, tendency), and 傾斜 (keisha, slope)

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