Chinese symbol for “slope”
坡
pō
slope; 个 (gè); sloping; slanted
The closest CC-CEDICT match for slope is 坡 (pō), defined as: slope; 个 (gè); sloping; slanted.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “slope”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斜坡 | xié pō | slope; incline |
| 斜率 | xié lǜ | slope |
| 阪 | bǎn | slope; hillside |
| 斜度 | xié dù | slope; gradient |
| 坡度 | pō dù | gradient; slope |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 坡.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 山坡 | shān pō | hillside |
| 滑坡 | huá pō | rockslide; landslip |
| 斜坡 | xié pō | slope; incline |
| 坡度 | pō dù | gradient; slope |
| 下坡 | xià pō | downhill slope |
| 坡道 | pō dào | road on a slope; inclined path; ramp |
See also: Japanese symbol for “slope”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.