Moto 坂: Slope; Incline; HillKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ハン
- Kun'yomi
- さか
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 29 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ハン)
- 京坂けいはんKyoto-Osaka; Kyoto and Osaka
- 坂路はんろramp; slope
- 急坂きゅうはんsteep slope; steep gradient
- 登坂とうはんclimbing a slope (hill); ascending a hill
- 登坂車線とはんしゃせん(climbing) lane for slower traffic
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 坂さかslope; incline
- 坂道さかみちhill road
- 下り坂くだりざかdownhill; downward slope
- 上り坂のぼりざかascent; uphill
- だらだら坂だらだらざかgentle slope
- のぼり坂のぼりざかascent; uphill
- 下坂しもさかdownhill; decline
- 口では大坂の城も建つくちではおおさかのしろもたつtalk is cheap; it's easier to say than to do
- 坂を下りるさかをおりるto go downhill; to go down a slope
- 坂田鮫さかたざめyellow guitarfish (Rhinobatos schlegelii)
- 大坂おおさかOsaka (city, prefecture)
- 大坂冬の陣おおさかふゆのじんwinter campaign of the siege of Osaka (1614 CE)
- 大坂夏の陣おおさかなつのじんsummer campaign of the siege of Osaka (1615 CE)
- 女坂おんなざかthe easier of two slopes
- 急な坂きゅうなさかsudden drop; precipitous slope
- 昇り坂のぼりざかascent; uphill
- 男坂おとこざかsteeper of two hills
- 登り坂のぼりざかascent; uphill
Other readings
- 八坂瓊曲玉やさかにのまがたまlarge jewel; string of jewels
- 坂東ばんどうBandō; former name of the Kantō region
- 坂東三十三所ばんどうさんじゅうさんしょ33 sacred places in the Kanto Region (which was previously known as Bandō)
- 坂豚サカぶたsoccer fan
- 東雲坂田鮫しののめさかたざめbowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma); mud skate
- 海坂うなさかboundary between the world of men and the world of the sea god
Kanji that often appear with 坂
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