• 大阪おおさか — Osaka city
• 阪神はんしん — Hanshin region (Osaka–Kobe)
• 京阪けいはん — Kyoto–Osaka area
• 阪急はんきゅう — Hankyu (railway/group)
• 阪大はんだい — Osaka University
• 阪口さかぐち — Sakaguchi (surname)

阪 originally meant “slope” and is used in geographic names. The radical 阝（こざとへん）often relates to places or terrain.