Memory phrase for the character: 阪

阪

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Meaning

hill, heights, slope, incline

Pronunciation

 HAN

Explanation

 Left: hill 阝, right: opposition 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing!) (cf.坂)

Mnemonic
 
The hill has opposition, because it is a hill.

Radicals

阝 hillThe radical kozato shows a hill. 阝 and is always on the left side of a kanji. (Please note that rather similar radical oozato ⻏ is always on the right sight of the kanji and means village.)
反 oppositionIf a hand 又 stands opposite me like a cliff 厂, it is “opposition”.
厂 cliffThe Radical gandare stands for cliff. Sometimes it is understood as a shield, like in 盾.
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 Vocabulary

大阪 おおさか  Osaka (city)

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