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階

storey
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingカイ
Kun readingきざはし
JōyōGrade 3

Popular Usage

階段二階建て階級階層

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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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

Compound words

階段かいだん
stairs; stairway; staircase
二階建てにかいだて
two-storied building
階級かいきゅう
(social) class; rank; grade
階層かいそう
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
一階いっかい
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
音階おんかい
scale
段階だんかい
stage; step; phase; level; rank
二階にかい
second floor; upstairs
現段階げんだんかい
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
中産階級ちゅうさんかいきゅう
middle class; bourgeoisie

Stroke Order

12 strokes

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