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Kanji Detail for 阪 - "slope, hill"

阪

  • Meaning

    阪 means "slope, hill."

    1. Slope - An incline; a hillside.

    2. Hill - A sloped terrain.

    3. Osaka - Used in the city name.

  • Words using 阪

    • 阪神 はんしん Listen Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)

  • Tattoo check: 阪

    • Verified meaning: slope, hill
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さか, さかざき, はん, ばん)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 阪

    Surnames 阪(さか)Listen 阪(さかざき)Listen 阪(はん)Listen 阪(ばん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    heights; slope

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    hillside farmland; slope

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    slope; hillside

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    hillside, slope

  • Onyomi

    tip

    han(ハン) ハン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    saka(さか) さか

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    阜 阝 (kozato・kozatohen・oka)

  • Related Keywords

    slope hill incline gradient descent elevation terrain ridge road ascent decline steep

Sentences including 阪

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