Kanji
N2 13 strokes Grade 8 freq #938

lean, incline, tilt, trend, wane

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

person hito

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

tendency; trend
inclination; slant
devoting (oneself) to; concentrating (one's efforts) on
leaning to the right
forward inclination (of the body); bending forward
beauty; siren
listening closely
devoting oneself to; concentrating on

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

slope; inclination
to incline; to lean
to incline toward; to slant
to tilt (esp. head); to lean

Example sentences

In those days I tended to think of myself as a nice looking guy.

Women tend to live longer than men.

The roof slopes sharply.

I'll try to explain it to the best of my ability.