斜辺

斜辺

Japanese

Kanji in this term
斜	辺
しゃ Grade: S	へん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

斜 (sha, “slanted”) +‎ 辺 (hen, “side”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) しゃ​へん [sháꜜhèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [ɕa̠hẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

斜辺 (hiragana しゃへん, rōmaji shahen)

1. (geometry) a hypotenuse

See also

• 直 (ちょっ)角 (かく)三 (さん)角 (かっ)形 (けい) (chokkaku sankakkei, “right triangle”)