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坡
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slope

HSK 6
Nature →Elements →Landforms
pō
ハ、ヒ
つつ.み
파
Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 皮 represents the sound.
Components
土 earth+ 皮 covering =
坡 slope
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
soil, earth
皮 Phonetic component
pí covering
skin, hide, fur, feather
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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坂 slope均 equal坊 workshop坌 earth坍 landslide
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
坡
Regular
Modern
Chinese
坡 [pō]
slope; CL:個|个[gè]; sloping; slanted
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (74)
新加坡 [Xīn​jiā​pō] #15,375
Singapore
山坡 [shān​pō] #14,950
hillside
斜坡 [xié​pō] #13,468
slope
滑坡 [huá​pō] #36,166
rockslide
下坡 [xià​pō] #22,829
downhill
走下坡路 [zǒu​xià​pō​lù] #23,275
to go downhill
上坡 [shàng​pō] #28,909
uphill
吉隆坡 [Jí​lóng​pō] #39,372
Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia
陡坡 [dǒu​pō] #32,518
steep incline
坡度 [pō​dù] #41,831
gradient
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JAPANESE WORDS (3)
東坡肉 [トンポーロー] #157,813
Dongpo pork
⭐ 新嘉坡 [シンガポール] #164,395
Singapore
⭐ 晩香波 [バンクーバー] #278,760
Vancouver