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階 kanji
storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
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On readings
カイ
Kun readings
きざはし
Variant forms
堦Words with 階
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N5階段Popularstairs; stairway; staircase
- N4二階建てPopulartwo-storied building
- N2段階Popularstage; step; phase; level; rank; grade; gradation; order; stairs
- N1階Popularstorey; story; floor; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
- N1階級Popular(social) class; rank; grade
- N1階層Popularclass; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
- —一階Popularfirst floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
- —音階Popularscale
- —二階Popularsecond floor; upstairs
- —現段階Popularpresent stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
- —中産階級Popularmiddle class; bourgeoisie
- —１階Popularfirst floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
- —位階court rank
- —階下lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
- —階数number of stairs or stories (storeys); rank; order
- —各階each floor
- —三階third floor
- —階名name of a note in a movable do solfège system
- —地階basement; cellar
- —階梯stairs; rank; grade; gradations; step; guide; guidebook; slanted ladder (exercise equipment)