階 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「阝」
道8Elementary year 3 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「阝」
- On
- カイ
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- floor, stairs
Origin
阝 (mound/hill) + 皆 (sound) — steps lined up on a slope: stairs and the floors of a building.
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| カイ | 階段・階級・地階 |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 階段かいだん
stairs
- 二階にかい
second floor
Example
二階に 上がります。
I go up to the second floor.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)