Meanings
- storey
- stair
- counter for storeys of a building
Strokes12
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#513 of 2,500
Kanji N2
階: storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
階 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building, written with 12 strokes. It is read カイ (on) and きざはし (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 段階 (だんかい, stage) and 階段 (かいだん, stairs).
階
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- カイ
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- きざはし
Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.
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Common words with 階
The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.
- JLPT N2
- JLPT N5
- JLPT N4
- 階かいJLPT N1
storey; story; floor
- JLPT N1
- JLPT N1
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