Ideographic: A man 人 taking shelter in a lean-to 厂Radical:

meaning for :

  • - to tilt
  • - narrow
  • - uneasy
  • - oblique tones (in Chinese poetry)level and oblique tones (technical term for classical Chinese rhythmic poetry)narrow
  • - crampedoblique tone
  • - nonlevel tone
  • - uneven tone (the third tone of classical Chinese)narrow path