# 偏 be inclined

(personleft) + 扁 (flatflat) Same-ON
★★☆☆☆
11 strokes
DUPE

## Onyomi

HEN |

## Mnemonic

| That person is inclined to stomp HENs flat (she's a Russian dominatrix making 'crush' videos).

## Kunyomi

( が　or に or は ) かたよ＊る | Figuratively, to be biased. Literally, to have an assymetrical distribution of objects. For example, "There are crows in every prefecture, but there is a much higher distribution of them in Aichi prefecture." Or,aesthetically speaking, "I put all the chairs on the left side of the room to make it かたよる." ★★☆☆☆

## Jukugo

偏見(へんけん) のある　/ ない | prejudice ★★☆☆☆ 偏 (be inclined) + 見 (look) = 偏見 (prejudice　) prejudice or bias　－not always racial

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
傾 | lean | HEAD | 頭
偏 | be inclined | BOOK | 冊

I lean my HEAD because I'm tired.

He's inclined read BOOKS with a conservative bias.

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
編 | knit | STRING | 糸
偏 | be inclined | PERSON | 人
倉 | storage | MOUTH | 口

You knit STRING,

PEOPLE are biased,

You keep food for your MOUTH in storage.

## Synonyms

judge someone 偏見 判断 先入観 判決 裁く 審査
lean or incline 傾く 偏る 傾向
lean 偏る 片寄る