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段 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「殳」

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5Elementary year 6 ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「殳」
On
ダンだん · dan
Kun
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Meaning
step; stage; grade

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A form for quarrying stone plus 殳 "to strike"; steps cut from stone — hence "step, stage."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onダンだんdan段落だんらく階段かいだん手段しゅだん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 階段かいだん

    stairs

  • 段階だんかい

    stage; phase

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

階段(かいだん)を一(いち)段(だん)ずつ上(あ)がった。

I went up the stairs one step at a time.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

階段段階floor殴hit殺to kil…殷flouri…殻husk殿hall暖warm旦dawn団group男man断to cut…
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Compound

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