傾

音読おんよみ: ケイ

訓読くんよみ: かたむく・かたむける

画数かくすう: 13

部首ぶしゅ: 人偏（にんべん）

Meaning

Lean / Tilt / Incline / Trend / Bias.

  • 傾向けいこう — tendency; trend; inclination
  • 傾斜けいしゃ — slope; slant; gradient
  • 傾聴けいちょう — attentive listening
  • 右傾うけい／左傾さけい — right-leaning / left-leaning
  • 前傾ぜんけい — forward lean
  • 傾注けいちゅう — concentrate; devote (one’s efforts)
  • 傾くかたむく — to tilt; to lean; to decline
  • 傾けるかたむける — to tilt; to incline; to devote

傾 combines the “person” radical 亻 with the phonetic 斜 (“slant”). Picture a person leaning at an angle — that’s the core idea: to tilt, incline, or (figuratively) show a bias / tendency toward something. Sound cue: 斜 helps give the reading ケイ.

斜

Think of the word 傾斜 — a slope or incline. Both 傾 and 斜 carry the sense of “slanting” or “tilting.” That’s why 傾 naturally means to lean, tilt, or even show a tendency — whether in objects, situations, or attitudes.

向
Forms

傾向けいこう — tendency; trend; inclination

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