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坂

坂 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. さか。高低差のある傾斜した道。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「土」+音符「反」。「さか」「斜面」を意味する漢語｛阪｝を表す字。「阪」の文字の偏を変更したものである。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

slope, incline, hill

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ハンHS
Kun (native)
  • さかElem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • か
  • ざ
Other languages
  • 拼音ban3
  • 한글pan
  • Hán-ViệtPhản

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
土(つち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+5742

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰土反

Words using this kanji

  • 坂さか（さか）一方が高く、一方が低く傾斜して勾配のある道。さかみち。 （さか）難渋して進みがたい過程。slope, incline, hill, milestone
  • 坂道さかみち片方が低くなって坂になっている道。hill road
  • 坂東ばんどう足柄峠、碓氷峠から東の諸国。関東。Bandō, former name of the Kantō region
  • 坂路はんろ片方が低くなって坂になっている道。ramp, slope
  • 坂田鮫さかたざめyellow guitarfish (Rhinobatos schlegelii)
  • 坂を下りるさかをおりるto go downhill, to go down a slope
  • 坂東三十三所ばんどうさんじゅうさんしょthirty-three sacred places in the Kanto region (which was previously known as Bandō)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-4
Four Corner
4114.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3b4.7
Heisig
780
Nelson
1061