坡pō
slope, hillside. 8 strokes, radical 土, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin pōStrokes 8Radical 土Band HSK 6Words 2
What 坡 is made of
土 (tǔ, soil) and 皮 (pí, skin).
土 carries the meaning — earth — and 皮 carries the sound.
How to write 坡
Strokes 1–3 write 土, then strokes 4–8 write 皮.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 坡
Words that use 坡
| 坡 | slope, hillside 指倾斜的地面 山坡下有一家小铺，老板从不欺负外乡人。At the foot of the hillside stood a little shop. Lesson 627, 坡下小铺 · 精研机理与洞见真知 · Scientific Insight & Physical Principles |
| 山坡 | hillside 指山的倾斜面 选手翻过山坡冲向山峰。Runners crossed the hillside and pushed for the summit. Lesson 637, 山谷越野 · 金石之鉴与艺苑芳华 · Cultural Heritage & Fine Arts |
Characters that share the sound part 皮
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 土
All 33 of them, and what the radical means, on the 土 radical page.