坂
bǎn

variant of 阪[bǎn]

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 反 represents the sound. Simplified form of 岅.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
反
反 Sound component
fǎn reverse

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpanʔ
Unicodebiæ̌n

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

阪 bǎn hillside Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 反 represents the sound.

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

反
反 Sound component
fǎn reverse

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpjonXpa[n]ʔslope, bank
Zhengzhangbraːnʔ
panʔ

說文解字

坡者曰阪。一曰澤障。一曰山脅也。从𨸏反聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)