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坂

Slope
Stroke count: 7

Readings

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JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 3Level 15

Meanings

  1. slopeRtK
  2. incline
  3. hill
    彼はもう下り坂だね。He is over the hill, you know.tatoeba
  1. milestone
  2. (age) mark

Radicals and components

Radical土earth
Components
How it's built
坂
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · anti- · demonstration · cliff (厂) · crotch

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 780

Compound words

坂道さかみち
hill road
下り坂くだりざか
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning
上り坂のぼりざか
ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase
下坂しもさか
downhill
急坂きゅうはん
steep slope
京坂けいはん
Kyoto and Osaka
急な坂きゅうなさか
sudden drop
昇り坂のぼりざか
ascent
登り坂のぼりざか
ascent
のぼり坂のぼりざか
ascent
登坂車線とうはんしゃせん
(climbing) lane for slower traffic
赤坂図書館あかさかとしょかん
Akasaka Library
八坂瓊曲玉やさかにのまがたま
large jewel

Additional Examples

道は上り坂になってその村に出る。
The road ascends to the village.tatoeba
道は緩い下り坂になっている。
The road descends slowly.tatoeba
道はそこから上り坂になっている。
The road rises from there.tatoeba

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Slope. 土 (earth) + 反 (against) — ground that rises against you.

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