Kanji
N2 7 strokes Grade 3 freq #865

slope, incline, hill

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

earth tsuchi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

Matsuzakaya Museum
Matsuzakaya (major Japanese department store chain)
ramp; slope
Bandō; former name of the Kantō region
thirty-three sacred places in the Kanto region (which was previously known as Bandō)
(climbing) lane for slower traffic
steeper of two paths (leading up to a shrine or temple)
gentler of two paths (leading up to a shrine or temple)
climbing a slope (hill); ascending a hill
steep slope; steep hill

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

slope; incline
hill road
downhill; downward slope
ascent; uphill
talk is cheap; it's easier to say than to do
Akasaka Library
Yomotsu Hirasaka (slope that leads to the land of the dead)
From Up on Poppy Hill (manga, 2011 animated film)
Yasakatome; deity worshipped at various (lower) Suwa shrines, and consort of Takeminakata
gentle slope

Example sentences

I went down the slope, falling again and again.

One night a merchant was walking up the slope on his way home.

Let's descend the slope.

The road dips suddenly.