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Keyword
to tilt
  • slanting
  • oblique
  • oblique tones
Frequency
#4372
Strokes
4
Readings
zè
Mnemonic
A man 人 taking shelter in a lean-to 厂
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
仄zè
to tilt; narrow; uneasy; oblique tones (in Chinese poetry)
平仄píngzè
level and oblique tones (technical term for Classical Chinese rhythmic poetry)
仄声zèshēng
oblique tone; nonlevel tone; uneven tone (the third tone of Classical Chinese)
逼仄bīzè
narrow; cramped