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Meaning of 坂

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(Trad.: 岅)
Pinyin: bǎn
English Definition: variant of ; variant of
Chinese Definition:
①山坡,斜坡:坂上走丸(喻迅速)。
Total strokes: 7; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (earth) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ ] soil, earth; items made of earth
    • [ fǎn ] reverse, opposite; contrary, anti-
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Example Words
达坂城 bǎn chéng Dabancheng district of Urumqi city 乌鲁木齐市 , Xinjiang
大坂 bǎn old name for Ōsaka 大阪 (city in Japan), changed in the beginning of the Meiji 明治 Era because could, if the radicals were read separately, be interpreted as "(will) return to soil"
坂上走丸 bǎn shàng zǒu wán easy and quick as rolling a ball down a slope (idiom)
长坂坡七进七出 cháng bǎn jìn chū famous scene in Romance of the Three Kingdoms in which Zhao Yun 赵云 charges seven times through the ranks of Cao Cao's armies
达坂城区 bǎn chéng Dabancheng district of Urumqi city 乌鲁木齐市 , Xinjiang
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Example Sentences
1
Suddenly Sakamoto spotted the ship, she was like a sitting duck at dockside.
2
Suddenly Sakamoto spotted the ship, she was like a sitting duck at dockside. He couldn't wait to get to her.
3
Kosaka's eco-friendly innovation is well timed politically and economically.
4
Kosaka' s pursuits have become especially important for Japan in recent weeks.
5
1995
There is a possibility that some construction-related companies' shares rise just like back in 1995 when we had the Kobe earthquake.