slope

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The on reading is はん, and no kun reading is listed. It has 7 strokes. It appears in words for an older written form for a slope.
• Basic usage: No kun reading is separately listed for the kanji entry, but the selected word record uses the older spelling 阪 with the reading さか.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 阪
  • 阪 means slope or hill and is read さか. It refers to an older written form for a slope or hill.
  • 物語の巻物には険しい阪を越えたと記されていた。 means “The scroll in the story said that they had crossed a steep slope.”