歪斜
wāi​xié

crooked

歪 wāi slant

Not 不 straight 正

Components

不
不 Meaning component
bù, bu no
正
正 Meaning component
zhèng, zheng, zhēng correct

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰʷraːl

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

斜 xié slanting

Phonosemantic compound. 斗 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound.

Components

斗
斗 Meaning component
dòu ladle
余
余 Sound component
yú I

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanglja
laː
Unicodezia

說文解字

杼也。从斗余聲。讀若荼。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)