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Kanji Detail for 坂 - "slope, hill"

坂

  • Meaning

    坂 means "slope, hill."

    1. Slope - Inclined ground; a hill.

    2. Hill - Rising land.

    3. Embankment - A raised bank or dike.

  • Words using 坂

    • 坂道 さかみち Listen hill road
    • 下り坂 くだりざか Listen downhill; downward slope; descent

  • Tattoo check: 坂

    • Verified meaning: slope, hill
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さか, ざか, さかい, さかさき)

    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 坂

    Surnames 坂(さか)Listen 坂(ざか)Listen 坂(さかい)Listen 坂(さかさき)Listen 坂(さかざき)Listen 坂(さかつぎ)Listen 坂(はん)Listen 坂(ばん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    slope; incline; hill

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    hillside, inconvenient places

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 阪[ban3]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    hillside, slope

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A slope. Colloquially called 斜坡.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    han(ハン) ハン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    saka(さか) さか

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    土 (tsuchi・tsuchihen・dohen)

  • Related Keywords

    slope hill embankment dyke incline ascent declivity descent elevation grade gradient rise rising slant steep pitch escarpment

Sentences including 坂

  • The road ascends to the village.

  • The road rises from there.

  • I live at akasaka in tokyo.

  • I was born in osaka , but brought up in tokyo.

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