坂

slope; incline; hill

7 strokes. Taught in grade 3. Newspaper frequency rank 865.

Readings

• さか (kun reading): 坂 (さか) slope; 下り坂 (くだりざか) downhill
• ハン (on reading): 登坂 (とうはん) climbing a slope (hill); 急坂 (きゅうはん) steep slope

Components

• 土
• 反
• 厂 radical cliff
• 又 radical again; right hand
• 土 radical earth

Words using 坂

• 坂 (さか) slope
• 下り坂 (くだりざか) downhill
• 坂道 (さかみち) hill road
• 上り坂 (のぼりざか) ascent
• 松坂屋 (まつざかや) Matsuzakaya (major Japanese department store chain)
• 登坂 (とうはん) climbing a slope (hill)
• 急坂 (きゅうはん) steep slope
• 坂路 (はんろ) ramp
• 登坂車線 (とはんしゃせん) (climbing) lane for slower traffic
• 坂東 (ばんどう) Bandō
• 坂東三十三所 (ばんどうさんじゅうさんしょ) thirty-three sacred places in the Kanto region (which was previously known as Bandō)

23 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists