# 坂 slope

土 (earth) + 反 (anti) Same-ON
★★★☆☆
7 strokes

## Onyomi

HAN |

## Mnemonic

| HAN solo, accustomed to the zero-gravity of space, is against climbing the steep slopes of the earth!

## Kunyomi

さか | a slope of a hill (BOOBOO: not the hill itself. Hills are the similar-sounding おか！） ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

下り坂(くだりざか) | go downhill ★★★☆☆ 下 (below) + 坂 (slope) = 下り坂 (go downhill ) A noun meaning, "the act of going downhill." Unhelpfully, this is not used as a verb. What the hell, man?
上り坂(のぼりざか) | go uphill ★★★☆☆ 上 (above) + 坂 (slope) = 上り坂 (go uphill ) "the act of going uphill." Same deal.

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
板 | plank | WOOD | 木
仮 | provisional | PERSON | 人
坂 | slope | EARTH | 土

The board is made of WOOD
The PERSON is provisionally good (before xmas).

The EARTH has slopes called hills.