| 仄 | |||
| slanting, oblique; oblique tones | |||
| Radical | 人亻𠆢 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 2 | Total Strokes | 4 |
| Mandarin reading | zè | Cantonese reading | zak1 |
| Japanese on reading | soku shoku shiki | Japanese kun reading | katamuku honoka |
| Korean reading | chuk | Vietnamese reading | trắc |
| 仄 | [ zè ] to tilt, narrow, uneasy, oblique tones (in Chinese poetry) |
| 仄徑 | [ zè jìng ] narrow path |
| 仄聲 | [ zè shēng ] oblique tone, nonlevel tone, uneven tone (the third tone of Classical Chinese) |
| ⇒ 平仄 | [ píng zè ] level and oblique tones (technical term for Classical Chinese rhythmic poetry) |
| ⇒ 逼仄 | [ bī zè ] narrow, cramped |