Chinese symbol for “tilting”
斜
xié
inclined; slanting; oblique; tilting
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tilting is 斜 (xié), defined as: inclined; slanting; oblique; tilting.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 斜.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 倾斜 (傾斜) | qīng xié | to incline; to lean |
| 斜坡 | xié pō | slope; incline |
| 斜面 | xié miàn | inclined plane |
| 斜眼 | xié yǎn | to look askance; cross or wall-eyed |
| 斜线 (斜線) | xié xiàn | oblique line; slash (symbol) |
| 斜率 | xié lǜ | slope |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tilting”.
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.