Kanji1 / 9
段 kanji
grade, steps, stairs
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
ダンタン
Kun readings
NoneWords with 段
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —エ段row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "e"
- —オ段row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "o"
- —段組multicolumn layout; column setting
- —段通cotton carpet; jute rug
- —段染multi-colored stripes
- —段どりprogramme; program; plans; arrangements
- —三段跳triple jump; hop, step and jump
- —段段畑terraced fields; terraced farm
- —段々畠terraced fields; terraced farm
- —段段畠terraced fields; terraced farm
- —ひな段tiered doll stand (for hina dolls); tiered platform; tiered gallery
- —２段目second grade; second step; second rank; second story; second dan; second level; second act (in jōruri, noh, kabuki, etc.); third highest division; makushita division; wrestler of the third highest division
- —ひと段落reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; completing the first stage (of the work); one paragraph
- —はしご段step; stair; staircase
- —上等手段one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
- —仕切値段invoice price
- —いらか段corbie-step; corbel gable; crowsteps
- —三段オチthree-part joke, where the first two parts are similar and mundane, while the third is the punchline (e.g. How do you get to my place? Go down to the corner, turn left, and get lost.); rule of three (in comedy writing)
- —廻り階段winder staircase
- —らせん階段spiral staircase