Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N2

865 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: slope, incline, hill

Kunyomi: さか

Onyomi: ハン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: つちへん

Meaning: earth

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

する(とはんする)   climb a hill

(さか)   slope hill

道(さかみち)   hill road

上り(のぼりざか)   uphill, upgrade

下り(くだりざか)   downhill, downgrade

Onyomi Examples

ハンロ ramp, slope

京阪 ケイハン Kyoto and Osaka, Kyoto-Osaka area

トウハン climbing a slope (hill), ascending a hill

Kunyomi Examples

さか slope, incline, hill, milestone, (age) mark

さかみち hill road

海境 うなさか boundary between the world of men and the world of the sea god

急な きゅうなさか sudden drop, precipitous slope