坂
hill, incline, slope

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ハン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

さか

Nanori (名乗り)

かざ

Stroke Order

7 / 7

Information

Grade:3
Strokes:7
JLPT:2
Frequency:865

Vocabulary

ハン

WordReadingMeaning
京坂ケイハンKyoto and Osaka; Kyoto-Osaka area
急坂キュウハンsteep slope; steep hill
登坂トウハンclimbing a slope (hill); ascending a hill
登坂トハンclimbing a slope (hill); ascending a hill
登坂車線トハンシャセン(climbing) lane for slower traffic

Other

WordReadingMeaning
下り坂くだりざかdownhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb; (going) downhill
坂さかslope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
坂道さかみちhill road
上り坂のぼりざかascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase
大坂おおさかOsaka (city, prefecture)

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

麦
barley, wheat
Grade 2JLPT 2
攻
aggression, attack, criticize, polish
Grade 8JLPT 1
抜
extract, omit, pilfer, pull out, quote, remove, slip out
Grade 8JLPT 3
表
chart, diagram, surface, table
Grade 3JLPT 3
板
board, plank, plate, stage
Grade 3JLPT 2
坪
approx. thirty-six sq ft, two-mat area
Grade 8JLPT 1
版
edition, impression, label, printing block, printing plate
Grade 5JLPT 2
文
art, decoration, figures, literary radical (no. 67), literature, plan, sentence, style
Grade 1JLPT 4
考
consider, think over
Grade 2JLPT 4
央
center, middle
Grade 3JLPT 2