坂 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「土」
道8Elementary year 3 ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「土」
- On
- ハン
- Kun
- さか
- Meaning
- slope, hill
Origin
土 (earth) + 反 (gives the sound 'han') — slanted ground: a 'slope'. A phonetic-semantic character.
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| ハン | 急坂 |
|---|---|
| さか | 坂・坂道・下り坂 |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 坂道さかみち
slope, hill road
- 急坂きゅうざか
steep slope
Example
自転車で 坂道を のぼります。
I ride my bicycle up the slope.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)