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階

Kanji 階: meaning "floor, rank", readings, stroke order

The kanji 階 means "floor, rank". On'yomi: カイ; kun'yomi: —. JLPT N4 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
floor, rank
On'yomi
カイ
Kun'yomi
—
Strokes
12
Level
JLPT N4
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)

Words with 階

  • ～階 ～かい — counter for stories (floors) of a building
  • 階段 かいだん — stairs
  • 段階的 だんかいてき — Gradual / step-by-step
  • 段階 だんかい — Stage / phase
  • 階級 かいきゅう — class, rank, grade
  • 階層 かいそう — class, level, stratum, hierarchy

Stroke order · 12 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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