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段
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stage

HSK 2 N2
Nature →Plants
duàn
ダン、タン
단
Pictograph of a hand holding a forging hammer (殳) and hitting a stone (石). Based on the original meaning "forge", now written as 鍛. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
石 stone+ 殳 weapon or tool =
段 stage
石 Iconic component
shí stone
stone, rock, mineral
殳 Iconic component
shū weapon or tool
name of old weapon
Here depicts a hand holding a hammer.
Notes
Similar Characters
磬 musical叚 fake声 voice (jp)庶 various宕 stone quarry岩 rock (simp)泵 pump炻 a kind of china矶 submerged (simp)矸 a rock or cliff矻 slave矽 obsolete矾 alum (simp)矿 mine (simp)砀 brilliantly (simp)码 number (simp)砂 gravel砌 lay brick砍 chop砑 to grind
Historical Evolution
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
段
Regular
Modern
Chinese
段 [Duàn]
surname Duan
段 [duàn]
paragraph; section; segment; stage (of a process); classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc
Japanese
段 だん 同音

noun

  1. step; stair; rung; (flight of) steps
  2. shelf; layer; tier
  3. grade; level; class
  4. dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.); rank
  5. paragraph; passage
  6. column (of print)
  7. act (in kabuki, joruri, etc.); section; scene
  8. row of the multiplication table (e.g. five times table)
  9. stage (in a process); phase; occasion; time; moment; situation
  10. formal matter; occasion (as ...の段)
  11. degree; extent (as ...どころの段ではない, ...という段じゃない, etc.)

counter

  1. counter for breaks in written language or speech
反 、 段 たん 同音

noun

  1. variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; for haori: at least 7.27 m in length; for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length
  2. 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres)
  3. six ken (10.91 m)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
彼は階段を一度に三段ずつかけあがった。
He jumped up the steps three at a time.
Japanese Names
段 いすけ
Isuke unclassified name
段 たん
Tan surname
段 だん
Dan place namesurname
CHINESE WORDS (86)
阶段 [jiē​duàn] #2,825
stage
阶段 [jiē​duàn] #2,825
stage
手段 [shǒu​duàn] #2,445
method
片段 [piàn​duàn] #6,373
fragment (of speech etc)
时段 [shí​duàn] #11,166
time interval
时段 [shí​duàn] #11,166
time interval
地段 [dì​duàn] #20,090
section
不择手段 [bù​zé​shǒu​duàn] #8,650
by fair means or foul
不择手段 [bù​zé​shǒu​duàn] #8,650
by fair means or foul
现阶段 [xiàn​jiē​duàn] #28,533
at the present stage
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 普段 [ふだん] #1,406
usual
⭐ 階段 [かいだん] #1,464
stairs
⭐ 手段 [しゅだん] #1,750
means
⭐ 値段 [ねだん] #3,725
price
⭐ 一段 [いちだん] #5,157
even more
普段から [ふだんから] #5,247
on a routine basis
⭐ 格段 [かくだん] #7,944
dramatic (improvement)
階段を上る [かいだんをのぼる] #8,811
to go up the stairs
⭐ 一段落 [いちだんらく] #9,757
reaching a stopping place
⭐ 段取り [だんどり] #10,560
programme
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KOREAN WORDS (15)
계단 #7,833
stairs; staircase
단계 #10,294
phase; step
교통수단
means of transportation
다단
multilevel; multistage; multiple columns
다단계
multilevel; multistage; pyramid
단계적
being in stages
단락
finishing; wrapping up
단수
level; belt; grade
삼단
three parts; three stages; triple; being threefold
상단
top; upper end
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