坂

See also 阪, and 坡

Translingual

simpl.		坂
trad.		阪

Etymology

Simplified from 阪 (阝 → 土)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 土 (“mound”) + phonetic 反

Han character

坂 (radical 32 土+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土竹水 (GHE))

1. slope, hillside

References

• KangXi: page 224, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4910
• Dae Jaweon: page 459, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 423, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5742

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Japanese

Kanji

坂 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: はん (han)
• Kun: さか (saka)

Noun

坂 (hiragana さか, romaji saka)

1. slope, hill

Alternative forms

• 阪

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Korean

Hanja

坂 (hangeul 판, revised pan, McCune-Reischauer p'an)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

坂 (traditional 阪, pinyin bǎn (ban3), Wade-Giles pan³)