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阪

阪 — 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。
  2. 山腰の小道。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「阜」+音符「反」。「さか」「斜面」を意味する漢語｛阪｝を表す字。のち「坂」とも書かれる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

heights, slope

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ハンJHS
Kun (native)
  • さか
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
阜(おか)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+962A

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰阝反

Words using this kanji

  • 阪神はんしん大阪と神戸。 大阪と神戸、列びにその周辺。旧の摂津国。 阪神電鉄。Osaka-Kobe, Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
  • 阪はん「大阪」に関する語を作る。Osaka
  • 阪急はんきゅうHankyu (Kansai area railway and retail conglomerate)
  • 阪大はんだいOsaka University (abbr)
  • 阪神間はんしんかんarea between Osaka and Kobe (Amagasaki, Nishinomiya, Ashiya)
  • 阪急電鉄はんきゅうでんてつHankyu Corporation
  • 阪神バスはんしんバスHanshin Bus
  • 阪神電鉄はんしんでんてつHanshin Electric Railway Co.
  • 阪南大学はんなんだいがくHannan University
  • 阪神大震災はんしんだいしんさいGreat Hanshin Earthquake (1995)
  • 阪急百貨店はんきゅうひゃっかてんHankyu Department Store
  • 阪神タイガースはんしんタイガースHanshin Tigers (Japanese pro baseball team)
  • 阪神・淡路大震災はんしんあわじだいしんさいGreat Hanshin-Awaji earthquake (1995)
  • 阪神高速道路公団はんしんこうそくどうろこうだんHanshin Expressway Public Corporation

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-4
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7124.7
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2d4.4
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1390
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4979