阪 Heights

Radical Combination

• 阝

  Building
• 反

  Anti

Meaning

Primary

Heights

Alternative

Slope

Mnemonic

If there's something about a building that people are anti towards, it's usually the heights aspect. Another thing would be if it's on a big slope. No one likes that kind of building.

Hints

Imagine standing on the edge of a very high building on a slope somewhere. You'd become a building anti, too, if you had to look out from the terrifying heights of this building.

Readings

On’yomi

はん

Kun’yomi

さか

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Another person you know who's afraid of heights is Han (はん) Solo. Now wait, you protest, he flies a space ship! You're right, but only because he doesn't like to walk all the way up high buildings, it freaks him out. He flies up instead so he doesn't have to think about heights.

Hints

Imagine standing at the top of that tall building with Han Solo. He's very afraid of heights (and slopes). They make him nervous. Like something bad will happen if he were to ever stand high up above a big pit.