大坂 dà bǎn

DEFINITIONS

  1. old name for Ōsaka 大阪 (city in Japan), changed in the beginning of the Meiji 明治 Era because 坂 could, if the radicals were read separately, be interpreted as "(will) return to soil"

CHARACTERS

大 dà
HSK 1
big, great, vast, large, high
坂 bǎn hillside, inconvenient places