The kanji 段: meaning, readings and stroke order

段

Meaning: step, stage
On reading: ダン dan
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 9
Radical: 殳 weapon, lance
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bậc, nấc (đoạn)
Japanese: かいだんのひとつひとつ。だんかい。
Korean: 계단, 단계 (단)
Chinese: 台阶、阶段

Readings, words and example sentences

ダン dan · on reading

階かい段だん
stairs
階かい段だんを一段ずつ上ります。
I go up the stairs one step at a time.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.