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坂
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slope

HSK 10 N2
Human →Body
bǎn
ハン
さか
판
Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 反 represents the sound. Simplified form of 岅.
Components
土 earth+ 反 against =
坂 slope
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
soil, earth
反 Phonetic component
fǎn against
reverse, opposite, contrary, anti
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Notes
Similar Characters
压 oppress (simp)厓 precipice圩 dike圪 phonetic圬 plaster over with圮 ruined圯 bank地 ground/earth圳 furrow in field圹 prairie (simp)场 open space (simp)圻 border (alt)圼 圾 trash址 address均 equal坊 workshop坌 earth坍 landslide坎 hump
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Bronze
Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
坂
Regular
Modern
Chinese
坂 [bǎn]
variant of 阪[bǎn]
Japanese
坂 、 阪 さか 同音

noun

  1. slope; incline; hill
  2. milestone; (age) mark (e.g. 60の坂)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
坂を下りるときに彼女のおんぼろ自転車はキーキー音を立てた。
Her old bike squeaked as she rode down the hill.
Japanese Names
坂 さか
Saka surname
坂 さかい
Sakai surname
坂 さかさき
Sakasaki surname
坂 さかざき
Sakazaki surname
坂 さかつぎ
Sakatsugi unclassified name
坂 ざか
Zaka place namesurname
坂 はん
Han surname
坂 ばん
Ban surname
CHINESE WORDS (9)
达坂城 [Dá​bǎn​chéng] #54,458
Dabancheng district of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wū​lǔ​mù​qí​Shì], Xinjiang
达坂城 [Dá​bǎn​chéng] #54,458
Dabancheng district of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wū​lǔ​mù​qí​Shì], Xinjiang
达坂城区 [Dá​bǎn​chéng​qū] #65,424
Dabancheng district of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wū​lǔ​mù​qí​Shì], Xinjiang
达坂城区 [Dá​bǎn​chéng​qū] #65,424
Dabancheng district of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wū​lǔ​mù​qí​Shì], Xinjiang
坂井 [Bǎn​jǐng] #67,214
Sakai (Japanese surname and place name)
坂本 [Bǎn​běn] #67,585
Sakamoto (Japanese surname)
大坂 [Dà​bǎn]
old name for Ōsaka 大阪 (city in Japan), changed in the beginning of the Meiji 明治 Era because 坂 could, if the radicals were read separately, be interpreted as "(will) return to soil"
长坂坡七进七出 [cháng​bǎn​pō​qī​jìn​qī​chū]
famous scene in Romance of the Three Kingdoms in which Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云 charges seven times through the ranks of Cao Cao's armies
长坂坡七进七出 [cháng​bǎn​pō​qī​jìn​qī​chū]
famous scene in Romance of the Three Kingdoms in which Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云 charges seven times through the ranks of Cao Cao's armies
JAPANESE WORDS (32)
⭐ 坂 [さか] #4,315
slope
⭐ 大阪 [おおさか] #6,968
Osaka (city, prefecture)
⭐ 坂道 [さかみち] #10,408
hill road
⭐ 下り坂 [くだりざか] #25,466
downhill
⭐ 上り坂 [のぼりざか] #33,778
ascent
坂東 [ばんどう] #44,529
Bandō
坂を下りる [さかをおりる] #45,318
to go downhill
⭐ 京阪 [けいはん] #60,843
Kyoto and Osaka
急坂 [きゅうはん] #65,034
steep slope
急な坂 [きゅうなさか] #67,463
sudden drop
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