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slope
Stroke count: 7

Readings

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Meanings

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

Radicals and components

Radicalearth
Components
How it's built

Mnemonic (RtK)

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

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

Compound words

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

Stroke Order

7 strokes

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