of the second pixel electrode 183 contacts the drain electrode 163 through the drain contact hole 171 these pixel electrodes 182 and 183 have substantially zigzag shapes and are parallel with the common electrodes 124 and 125 as shown in fig5 a again the pixel electrodes 182 and 183 are connected with the connecting line 181 although the connecting lines 181 and the pixel electrodes 182 and 183 are made of the transparent conductive material such as ito and izo as described above they can be made of an opaque conductive material subsequently although not shown in fig5 b an orientation film of polyimide or photoalignment material is formed on the pixel electrodes and on the passivation layer and rubbed by a fabric or patterned by light 0066 fig6 a and 6b are enlarged plan views of a portion u201c b u201d of fig5 a when the voltage is turned on these figures illustrate the structure of the electrodes and common lines according to the first embodiment as shown in fig6 a and 6b the common electrode 124 has a sawtooth shaped base in a contacting part between the common electrode 124 and the common line 123 in other words the common electrode 124 forms the angle of u03b2 which is greater than 90 u00b0 with the sawtooth shaped base that is a part of the common line 123 accordingly the common electrode 124 has an obtuse angle i e the angle of u03b2 with the common electrode 123 here when the voltage is applied to the common and pixel electrodes 124 and 182 electric field 190 is.