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storey
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingカイ
Kun readingきざはし

Meanings

  1. storey
  2. stair
    上がれられるVisitors can climb the stairs to see the exhibits in the upper floors of the museum.wiki
    から二ノ瀬集落へは下るNinose Village can be reached by taking the stairs down from the station.wiki
  3. counter for storeys of a building
  4. storyRtK
  1. story
  2. floor
  3. stairs
  4. stage (in chronostratigraphy)

Popular Usage

階段二階建て階級階層

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built

Mnemonic (RtK)

storey · pinnacle · parthenon · acropolis · all · compare () · spoon () · sitting on the ground · white () · dove

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1406

Compound words

彼は箱を2へ運んだ。かい
He carried the box upstairs.tatoeba
彼は私の上のに住んでいる。かい
He lives above me.tatoeba
彼は五までエレベーターに乗った。かい
He took the elevator to the 5th floor.tatoeba
彼の事務所は8にあります。かい
His office is on the eighth floor.tatoeba
彼は箱を2へ運んだ。
He carried the box upstairs.tatoeba
彼は中流級の出だ。
He comes from the middle class.tatoeba
彼は上流級の人だ。
He belongs to the upper class.tatoeba
彼は上流級に属する。
He belongs to the upper class.tatoeba
層はこれに準じない場合もある。
The number of stories might not match these.wiki
一部の上流層は縮緬などを用いていた。
Some upper class people wore fundoshi loincloths made of chirimen (crepe fabrics).wiki

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