坂

slope, incline, hill

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:N2

Frequency:865

Vocabulary

ハン

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

aggression, attack, criticize, polish

slip out, extract, pull out, pilfer, quote, remove, omit

surface, table, chart, diagram

plank, board, plate, stage

two-mat area, approx. thirty-six sq ft

printing block, printing plate, edition, impression, label

sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

consider, think over