阪

See also 坂

Translingual

simpl.		坂
trad.		阪

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 阝 (“mound”) + phonetic 反 – hill, slope.

Han character

阪 (radical 170 阜+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 弓中竹水 (NLHE), four-corner 7124₇)

1. hillside farmland
2. slope

References

• KangXi: page 1346, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41562
• Dae Jaweon: page 1848, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4117, character 12
• Unihan data for U+962A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

阪 (simplified 坂, Yale baan2)

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Japanese

Kanji

阪 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: はん (han)
• Kun: さか (saka)

Compounds

• 大阪 (おおさか, ōsaka, “Osaka”)

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Korean

Hanja

阪 (hangeul 판, revised pan, McCune-Reischauer p'an, Yale phan)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

阪 (phản, bản)