階 – vocab dash

Keyword

floor (of a building)

storey
stair
counter for storeys of a building

Frequency: #513
Strokes: 12
Grade: 3
JLPT (old): N2
Heisig: 1406

Readings

カイ100%

Mnemonic

A small village where all the steps wind upward, and the weary visitor climbs, panting, until he reaches the top floor (of a building).

Stroke order

Composed of

阝small village 皆all

Used in vocabulary

段だん階かい

stage; step; phase; level; rank; grade; gradation; order; stairs

Noun

階かい

storey; story; floor; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building

Noun

一いっ階かい

first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank

Noun

二に階かい

second floor; upstairs

Noun

二に階かい建だて

two-storied building

Noun

階かい段だん

stairs; stairway; staircase

Noun

現げん段だん階かい

present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade

Noun

階かい級きゅう

(social) class; rank; grade

Noun

階かい層そう

class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy

Noun

中ちゅう産さん階かい級きゅう

middle class; bourgeoisie

Noun

階かい級きゅう闘とう争そう

class struggle; class warfare; class conflict

Noun

最さい上じょう階かい

top floor

Noun

階きざはし

stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage

Noun

階かい下か

lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs

Noun

音おん階かい

scale

Noun

階かい上じょう

upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs

Noun

中ちゅう二に階かい

mezzanine floor

Noun

地ち階かい

basement; cellar

Noun

各かく階かい

each floor

Noun

階かい数すう

number of stairs or stories (storeys); rank; order

Noun

位い階かい

court rank

Noun

階かい梯てい

stairs; rank; grade; gradations; step; guide; guidebook; slanted ladder (exercise equipment)

Noun

神しん階かい

relative rank accorded the gods of Shintoism

Noun

職しょっ階かい

job ranking

Noun