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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: 土 反

坂

Radical

Radical: 土

Reading: つちへん

Meaning: earth

Strokes: 3

Reading: つちへん

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Examples

Examples with audio

登坂する(とはんする)   climb a hill

坂(さか)   slope hill

坂道(さかみち)   hill road

上り坂(のぼりざか)   uphill, upgrade

下り坂(くだりざか)   downhill, downgrade

Onyomi Examples

坂路 (ハンロ) ramp, slope

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

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

Kunyomi Examples

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

坂道 (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

急な坂 (きゅうなさか) sudden drop, precipitous slope

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