The kanji 阪: meaning, readings and stroke order
阪
- Meaning
- slope (as in Osaka)
- On reading
- ハン han
- Kun reading
- さか saka
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 阜 mound, dam
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- dốc (trong Osaka) (phản)
- Japanese
- さか。おおさかの さか。
- Korean
- 비탈길 (오사카) (판)
- Chinese
- 坡(大阪的阪)
Readings, words and example sentences
ハン han · on reading · less common
京阪
Kyoto and Osaka (Keihan)
京阪の 電車に 乗ります。
I ride the train between Kyoto and Osaka.
さか saka · kun reading
大阪
Osaka
大阪は 商店が 多い 町です。
Osaka is a city with lots of shops.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.