Chinese symbol for “incline”
倾斜
qīng xié
Traditional: 傾斜
to incline; to lean; to slant; to slope
The closest CC-CEDICT match for incline is 倾斜 (qīng xié), defined as: to incline; to lean; to slant; to slope; to tilt.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “incline”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鞠 | jū | to incline (one's torso); to bow; leather ball used in ancient times |
| 低 | dī | low; beneath |
| 倾 (傾) | qīng | to overturn; to collapse |
| 趋向 (趨向) | qū xiàng | direction; trend; to incline |
| 偏向 | piān xiàng | partial towards sth; to prefer |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 倾斜.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 倾向 (傾向) | qīng xiàng | trend; tendency |
| 倾听 (傾聽) | qīng tīng | to listen attentively |
| 右倾 (右傾) | yòu qīng | right-wing; reactionary |
| 倾诉 (傾訴) | qīng sù | to say everything (that is on one's mind) |
| 倾倒 (傾倒) | qīng dǎo | to topple over; to fall over; to greatly admire; to prostrate oneself before |
| 斜坡 | xié pō | slope; incline |
| 斜面 | xié miàn | inclined plane |
| 斜眼 | xié yǎn | to look askance; cross or wall-eyed |
See also: Japanese symbol for “incline”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.