13 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 7th grade
JLPT exam level N2

lean, incline, tilt, trend, wane, sink, ruin, bias

Kun'yomi
  • to incline toward ②to go down (sun)
  • to incline ②to devote oneself to ③to ruin ④to drink (alcohol)
  • to incline toward ②to go down (sun)
  • to tilt (esp. head)
  • to tilt (esp. head)
On'yomi
  • ケイ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

かたむかたむける 62.1%
ケイ 37.1%
かしげる 0.8%

Character Breakdown

lean, incline, tilt
かたむ.く ケイ かし.げる (7th, N2)
human radical (no. 9)
time, about, toward
ころ ケイ キョウ (11th)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ さじ (Kentei 1)
page, leaf
ケツ ぺえじ おおがい (Kentei Pre-1)
neck(首) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
oneself
ジ みずか.ら おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)

Common Words

to incline toward ②to go down (sun)
to incline ②to devote oneself to ③to ruin ④to drink (alcohol)
beauty ②courtesan
devoting oneself to ②tipping over and collapsing
slope ②tendency ③slope (of a linear function)
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References

Unicode hex code 50BE
JIS X 0208 1-23-25
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 534
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 299
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 154
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 174
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 114
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 132
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1011
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1086
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 913
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1830
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 938
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 1038
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1201
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1441
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1533
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 333
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1605
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1173
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 126
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1020
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2a11.3
Four corner code 2128.6
De Roo Code 2161