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階 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「阝」

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8Elementary year 3 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「阝」
On
カイかい · kai
Kun
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Meaning
floor, stairs

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

阝 (mound/hill) + 皆 (sound) — steps lined up on a slope: stairs and the floors of a building.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカイかいkai階段かいだん階級かいきゅう地階ちかい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 階段かいだん

    stairs

  • 二階にかい

    second floor

More words with this kanji

  • 段階だんかい
  • 階梯かいてい
  • 階砌かいせい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

二(に)階(かい)に 上(あ)がります。

I go up to the second floor.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

二階階段階二two段step部part陽sun阡a thou…防to pre…阮a plac…界world開open乂to mow介mediat…丐to beg
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 阝Map of reading カイAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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