bǎn
noun #15,084

Meanings

  1. 1 slope; hillside
  2. 2 variant of 阪

Examples

Dàbǎn shì Dàbǎn de jiù xiěfǎ.
'Daban' (大坂) is the old way of writing Osaka (大阪).
Dábǎnchéng zài Xīnjiāng de Tiānshān shānmài fùjìn.
Dabancheng is near the Tianshan mountain range in Xinjiang.

Tips

history
was the original Chinese character used for Osaka, Japan. The Japanese changed it to 大阪 during the Meiji era because can be decomposed into ('samurai rebellion'), which was considered inauspicious.

Stroke Order

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