Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

503 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: heights, slope

Kunyomi: さか

Onyomi: ハン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: mound, dam (阝 left)

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ハンシン Osaka-Kobe, Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)

神大震災 ハンシンダイシンサイ Great Hanshin Earthquake (January 17, 1995)

ケイハン Kyoto and Osaka, Kyoto-Osaka area

ザイハン being based in Osaka, being in Osaka

Kunyomi Examples

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