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Kanji Detail for 階 - "stairs, floor, rank"

階

  • Meaning

    階 means "stairs, floor, rank."

    1. Stairs - Steps for ascending and descending.

    2. Floor - A level of a building; a story.

    3. Rank - A grade or level of status.

    4. Step - A stage in progress; a gradation.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    storey; stair; counter for storeys of a building

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    stairs, steps; rank, degree

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    rank or step; stairs

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    stairs, steps; degree, rank

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The path for ascending to a hall. The hall is higher than the ground level, with stepped levels built for ascending. | A ladder. The Analects says: "It is like heaven which cannot be reached by climbing steps." | The rank of an official is called 階. Therefore official positions are called 官階. | A path that leads somewhere. As in what leads to calamity is called 禍階 (cause of disaster), 亂階 (cause of chaos). | A means. As in 無尺寸之階 means having absolutely no means.
  • Onyomitip

    kai(かい) かい

  • Kunyomitip

    hashigo(はしご) はしご

    kizahashi(きざはし) きざはし

    shina(しな) しな

  • Strokestip

    12 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    阜 阝 (kozato・kozatohen・oka)

  • Related Keywords
    stairs floor rank step level story grade ascend climb elevation progress ladder rise stage degree tier gradation advancement height ascending

Sentences including 階

  • I heard him go down the stairs.

  • They heard him come downstairs.

  • The library is on the second floor.

  • A fire broke out on the first floor.

  • They heard him come downstairs.

  • Go upstairs and go to bed.

  • He lives above me.

  • Our library is on the third floor.

  • We heard him come downstairs.

  • They live downstairs.

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