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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.

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

斜 xié
slanting, sloping, inclined
radical 68 ⽃ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 斜.

WordPinyinMeaning
倾斜 (傾斜)qīng xiéto incline; to lean
斜坡xié pōslope; incline
斜面xié miàninclined plane
斜眼xié yǎnto look askance; cross or wall-eyed
斜线 (斜線)xié xiànoblique line; slash (symbol)
斜率xié lǜslope

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.

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