倾角 (qīng jiǎo) — angle of inclination; dip angle | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

angle of inclinationdip angle

Easily confused

清剿qīng jiǎosound-aliketo clean up, to suppress (bandits, enemies)

Examples

倾角。
Dì zhì xué jiā cè liáng le yán céng de qīng jiǎo.
The geologist measured the dip angle of the rock layers.
倾角。
Zhè tiáo zhí xiàn de qīng jiǎo dà yuē shì sān shí dù.
The inclination angle of this line is about thirty degrees.
倾角。
Wèi xīng tú xiàng kě yǐ jīng què jì suàn dì biǎo qīng jiǎo.
Satellite imagery can accurately calculate the surface inclination angle.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

倾 means tilt, and 角 means angle, giving the sense of an angle of inclination.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 傾; 倾 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

頃

頃qǐng傾qīng

Same sound today

The traditional form 傾 combines 人 (man) with 頃, which gives the sound; 倾 is the simplified form of 傾.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 角 is a picture of a horn.

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