Memory phrase for the character: 坂

坂

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Meaning

slope, hill

Pronunciation

HAN
saka

Explanation

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

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

Radicals

土 earthground, soil
反 oppositionIf a hand 又 stands opposite me like a cliff 厂, it is “opposition”.
厂 cliffThe Radical gandare stands for cliff. Sometimes it is understood as a shield, like in 盾.




 Vocabulary

坂路 ばんろ  hang, slope
坂 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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