# 阪 — Osaka; slope

阪 means “Osaka; slope”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 7 strokes. On'yomi: ハン (han). Kun'yomi: さか (saka).

- Meaning: Osaka; slope
- On'yomi: ハン (han)
- Kun'yomi: さか (saka)
- Strokes: 7
- Level: JLPT N3 · set Land & places 2

## How to remember 阪

Sounds like 反: both read ハン.

Parts: 阝 town; hill · 反 turn back

## Don't confuse it with

[反](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/against/) · [返](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/give-back/) · [坂](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/slope/) · [板](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/board/)

## More in the “Land & places 2” set

[岡](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/hill/) · [阪](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/osaka/) · [谷](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/valley/) · [崎](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/cape/) · [園](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/garden/) · [岩](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/rock/) · [奈](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/nara/) · [坂](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/slope/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/osaka/. Last updated 2026-11-01.