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Kanji Detail for 級 - "grade, rank"

級

  • Meaning

    級 means "grade, rank." Also associated with step.

    1. Grade - A level or rank; a class.

    2. Rank - A position in a hierarchy.

    3. Step - A stage in a sequence.

  • Words using 級

    • 高級 こうきゅう Listen high-class; high-grade; high-quality
    • 階級 かいきゅう Listen (social) class; rank; grade
    • 同級生 どうきゅうせい Listen classmate
    • 上級 じょうきゅう Listen upper level; upper grade; high rank
    • 学級 がっきゅう Listen (school) class
    • 一級 いっきゅう Listen one grade; first-class; primary
    • 同級 どうきゅう Listen the same grade; same class
    • 下級 かきゅう Listen lower grade; low class; junior (officer)

  • Four-character idioms with 級

    • 特権階級 とっけんかいきゅう Listen privileged class

  • Tattoo check: 級

    • Verified meaning: grade, rank
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: step

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    class; rank; grade

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    level, rank, class; grade

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier: step, level

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    level, rank; class, grade

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

    Steps. One layer of steps is one 級. Hence climbing stairs is called 拾級. All things with sequence. One level is also called one 級. Such as 等級 (rank), 年級 (grade), 工人階級 (working class), and such. | The Qin system awarded titles for beheading enemies. One head added one 級. Called 首級 (a head).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kyuu(キュウ) キュウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    糸 (ito・itohen)

  • Related Keywords

    grade rank step degree order sequence class tier level hierarchy category division echelon position stage standing status standard rating bracket quality

Sentences including 級

  • Did you talk to your new classmates yesterday?

  • I ran across an old friend in the street.

  • He is my classmate.

  • She is looked up to by all her classmates.

  • Our school has ten classes.

  • The other day i met an old friend on the street.

  • We study english in the same class.

  • We are in the same class.

  • They are my classmates.

  • I met my classmate.

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