坂 – slope, incline, hill

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The kanji 坂 means slope, incline, hill. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ハン (han); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is さか (saka). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 土 (no. 32).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ハン	han
Kun’yomi	さか	saka

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 土 (Kangxi radical 32). Components: 土・又・厂.

Words using 坂

坂さかslope

Example sentences

坂を下りるときに彼女のおんぼろ自転車はキーキー音を立てた。

Her old bike squeaked as she rode down the hill.

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Kanji with the same radical

地場報在増基土境域型均圧壊城執堂

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