Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 皆 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (階)
Simplified (阶)
Notes
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Similar Characters
檃 阢 阮 ancient musical instrument:祁 numerous邨 hamlet-village郤 opening陀 steep bank陟 scale隙 rift邓 Deng (surname) (simp)邗 an ancient place邘 state in Henan province (iii)邙 henan邛 distress邝 Kuang (surname) (simp)邠 county邡 name of a (90a1)邢 Xing (surname)邬 various place names (simp)邯 city in Hebei province
Historical Evolution
階
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
階
Bronze
Early Warring States (~400 BC)
階
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
階
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
階
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
階
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
階
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
階
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
階
Regular
Modern
Chinese
阶 / 階 [jiē]
rank or step; stairs
Japanese
noun
- article; item; thing; goods; stock (esp. 品)
- quality
- flirtatiousness; coquetry (esp. 科)
noun
- stairs (はし refers to the stairs leading from a building to a garden)
- stairs at the front of a noh stage
noun
- storey; story; floor
- stairs
- stage (in chronostratigraphy)
counter
- counter for storeys and floors of a building
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
階 かい
Kai surname
階 きざはし
Kizahashi surname
階 しな
Shina surname
CHINESE WORDS (49)
阶段 [jiēduàn] #2,825
stage
台阶 [táijiē] #6,405
steps
无产阶级 [wúchǎnjiējí] #43,627
proletariat
阶级 [jiējí] #12,299
(social) class
阶层 [jiēcéng] #13,365
hierarchy
资产阶级 [zīchǎnjiējí] #45,120
the capitalist class
中产阶级 [zhōngchǎnjiējí] #12,979
middle class
阶梯 [jiētī] #16,039
flight of steps
工人阶级 [gōngrénjiējí] #26,586
working class
阶级斗争 [jiējídòuzhēng] #56,153
class struggle
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JAPANESE WORDS (192)
⭐ 階段 [かいだん] #1,464
stairs
⭐ 段階 [だんかい] #2,360
stage
⭐ 二階 [にかい] #3,333
second floor
⭐ 一階 [いっかい] #4,658
first floor
⭐ 階級 [かいきゅう] #7,020
(social) class
三階 [さんがい] #8,525
third floor
階段を上る [かいだんをのぼる] #8,811
to go up the stairs
⭐ 階層 [かいそう] #8,827
class
階下 [かいか] #9,214
lower floor
最上階 [さいじょうかい] #10,139
top floor
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