坡
slope; CL:個|个[ge4]; sloping; slanted
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,412 U+5761
How 坡 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
土 (semantic, “earth”) + 皮 (phonetic, pí)
How to remember it
slope · Heisig RSH #1960
土 soil + 皮 covering
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 皮
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 皮 (pí) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皮 sound component | pí | skin, hide, fur, feathers |
| 波 | bō | waves, ripples, breakers; undulations |
| 破 | pò | to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy |
| 被 | bèi | bedding; a passive particle meaning "by" |
| 彼 | bǐ | that, those, the other |
| 玻 | bō | glass |
| 疲 | pí | weak, tired, exhausted |
| 颇 | pō | rather, quite; partial, biased |
| 陂 | bēi | dam, embankment; reservoir |
| 簸 | bǒ | dustpan; to winnow, to toss |
| 跛 | bǒ | lame |
| 帔 | pèi | cape, robe, skirt |
| 铍 | pí | beryllium |
Words containing 坡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 新加坡国立大学 | Xīn jiā pō Guó lì Dà xué | National University of Singapore |
| 新加坡人 | Xīn jiā pō rén | Singaporean person; Singaporean |
| 沙坡头区 | Shā pō tóu Qū | Shapotou, a district of Zhongwei City 中衛市|中卫市[Zhong1 wei4 Shi4], Ningxia |
| 坡头区 | Pō tóu Qū | Potou, a district of Zhanjiang City 湛江市[Zhan4 jiang1 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 走下坡路 | zǒu xià pō lù | to go downhill; to decline; to slump |
| 西坡拉 | Xī pō lā | Zipporah, wife of Moses |
| 东坡区 | Dōng pō Qū | Dongpo, a district of Meishan City 眉山市[Mei2 shan1 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 上坡路 | shàng pō lù | uphill road; slope up; fig. upward trend; progress |
| 下坡路 | xià pō lù | downhill road; (fig.) downhill path |
| 新加坡 | Xīn jiā pō | Singapore |
| 埃德加·爱伦·坡 | Āi dé jiā · Ài lún · Pō | Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849), American poet and novelist |
| 沙坡头 | Shā pō tóu | see 沙坡頭區|沙坡头区[Sha1 po1 tou2 Qu1] |
| 九龙坡区 | Jiǔ lóng pō Qū | Jiulongpo, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4] |
| 走下坡 | zǒu xià pō | (fig.) to decline; to deteriorate; to go downhill |
| 东坡肉 | Dōng pō ròu | stir-fried pork, favorite of Northern Song writer Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼, a.k.a. Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡 |
| 苏东坡 | Sū Dōng pō | Su Dongpo, another name for Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼 (1037-1101), northern Song writer and calligraphe… |
| 坡县 | Pō xiàn | (slang) Singapore |
| 山坡 | shān pō | hillside |
| 坡国 | Pō guó | (coll.) Singapore |
| 坡头 | Pō tóu | see 坡頭區|坡头区[Po1 tou2 Qu1] |