Liquid crystal display device

A liquid crystal display device, comprising a liquid crystal display panel, the liquid crystal display panel comprising:

• a liquid crystal layer having a homogeneous alignment when no electric field is applied;
• and
• a pair of substrates sandwiching the liquid crystal layer, one of the pair of substrates comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes, which are arranged in a matrix pattern, and a common electrode, which is disposed between the plurality of pixel electrodes and the liquid crystal layer, the common electrode having a stripe structure with a plurality of slits formed in each area where the common electrode and the plurality of pixel electrodes overlap in plan view,
• wherein at least some of the plurality of slits stretch over at least two adjacent pixel electrodes,
• wherein the slits that stretch over at least two adjacent pixel electrodes have a first stretching direction at a center of one of the at least two adjacent pixel electrodes, and a second stretching direction in a gap between adjoining two of the at least two adjacent pixel electrodes, and the first stretching direction and the second stretching direction differ from each other,
• wherein, in the slits that stretch over at least two adjacent pixel electrodes, a portion where the first stretching direction is switched to the second stretching direction is located on one of the at least two adjacent pixel electrodes, and
• wherein, with respect to a direction of an alignment of the liquid crystal layer when no electric field is applied, a first azimuth on an acute angle side toward the first stretching direction and a second azimuth on an acute angle side toward the second stretching direction have the same rotation direction, and the second azimuth is larger than the first azimuth.