Readings
Meanings
階段を上がれば館の上階も見られる。Visitors can climb the stairs to see the exhibits in the upper floors of the museum.wiki 駅から二ノ瀬集落へは階段で下る。Ninose Village can be reached by taking the stairs down from the station.wiki
- story
- floor
- stairs
- stage (in chronostratigraphy)
Radicals and components
Components
How it's built階
→ → →
Mnemonic (RtK)
ⓘstorey · pinnacle · parthenon · acropolis · all · compare (比) · spoon (匕) · sitting on the ground · white (白) · dove
From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1406
On Reading Examples
He carried the box upstairs.tatoeba He lives above me.tatoeba He took the elevator to the 5th floor.tatoeba His office is on the eighth floor.tatoeba Additional Examples
He carried the box upstairs.tatoeba He comes from the middle class.tatoeba He belongs to the upper class.tatoeba He belongs to the upper class.tatoeba The number of stories might not match these.wiki Some upper class people wore fundoshi loincloths made of chirimen (crepe fabrics).wiki Stroke Order
12 strokes
Practice Writing
Practice Writing 階
Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step