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阪

bǎn

Character

What 阪 means

1. slope
2. hillside

Example sentences

• 我住在大阪。
  I live in Osaka.
• 机场在大阪湾。
  The airport is in Osaka Bay.
• 他出生在大阪。
  He was born in Osaka.
• 京都不如大阪大。
  Kyoto is not as large as Osaka.
• 我的祖父来自大阪。
  My grandfather comes from Osaka.
• 我要去大阪火车站。
  I am going to Osaka station.

Words containing 阪

• 大阪Dà bǎnOsaka, city in Japan
• 大阪府Dà bǎn FǔOsaka Prefecture, Japan
• 大阪烧dà bǎn shāookonomiyaki (Japanese savory pancake) in the Kansai or Osaka 大阪
• 松阪猪sōng bǎn zhū(Taiwan) Matsusaka pork – premium cut of pork, usually from the neck or jowl, noted for…

Characters built on 反

These share the phonetic component 反 (fǎn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 版bǎna register; block of printing; edition
• 板bǎnboard; plank; plate
• 返fǎnto return (to)
• 贩fànto deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in
• 饭fàncooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan
• 叛pànto betray; to rebel; to revolt
• 扳bānto pull; to turn (sth) around; to turn around (a situation)
• 钣bǎnmetal plate; sheet of metal

Characters that look like 阪

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 投tóuto throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot)…
• 纹wénline; trace; mark; pattern; grain (of wood etc); to tattoo
• 扳bānto pull; to turn (sth) around; to turn around (a situation)
• 阮ruǎnruan, a four-stringed Chinese lute
• 孜zīused in 孜孜
• 陇Lǒngshort name for Gansu 甘肃

Sounds the same

Read bǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 版a register; block of printing; edition
• 板board; plank; plate
• 钣metal plate; sheet of metal
• 昄great; expansive
• 舨sampan
• 粄(Hakka cuisine) snacks made from glutinous rice flour (rice cakes, noodles etc)
• 坂variant of 阪