The core meaning of the kanji 傾かたむ is "to incline," "to lean," or "to tilt." It implies a shift from a vertical or balanced position to a slanted or unbalanced one. It can also figuratively mean to be prone to something, or to be inclined towards an emotion or state.

・On-yomi (音読み): ケイ (kei) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): かたむ (katamu - verb, to lean, to tilt), かたむ.く (katamu.ku - verb, to lean, to tilt), かたむ.ける (katamu.keru - verb, to tilt, to incline)

⚫︎傾斜 Translation: Slope, inclination ⚫︎傾聴 Translation: Listening attentively ⚫︎傾倒 Translation: Inclination, to be devoted to something/someone

The kanji 傾かたむ is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字). The left side is the radical 人 (nin, meaning "person") changed to イ (a variant of 人), and the right side is the phonetic component 頃 (kei). 頃 (kororo/kei) originally meant "time," and when combined with the radical, it suggested that time or the situation is leaning or shifting. Over time, the meaning of "inclining" or "leaning" became dominant.