Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 坂


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Meaning

slope, hill

Pronunciation

HAN
saka

Explanation

Left: earth , right: opposition (Climbing the cliff by hand ? I am opposing!)

Mnemonic

The earth opposes to be a slope or hill. (It likes to distribute flatly.)

Radicals

earth(ground, soil)
opposition
cliff(The Radical gandare stands for cliff. Sometimes it is understood as a shield, like in 盾.)
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Vocabulary

坂路 ばんろ hang, slope
さか slope, hill
急坂 きゅうはん steep slope
坂道 さかみち hill road
坂を下りる さかをおりる to go downhill

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