Meaning & readings
slope, incline, hill
On’yomi ハン
Kun’yomi さか
Nanori か、ざ
Origin
The character 坂 combines earth or ground on the left (土) with a component on the right that hints at how to pronounce it. The earth component makes sense because a slope is a feature of land or terrain. The right side doesn't add meaning but tells you roughly how the word sounds when spoken. Together, the character depicts the idea of sloped or tilted earth.
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 7
- Kangxi radical
- 32
- Formation type
- Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint)
- Grade
- Grade 3 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #865 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 2
- Unicode
- U+05742