The kanji 階: meaning, readings and stroke order

階

Meaning: floor, stairs
On reading: カイ kai
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 12
Radical: 阜 mound, dam
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tầng, bậc thang (giai)
Japanese: たてもののかい。かいだん。
Korean: 층, 계단 (계)
Chinese: 楼层、台阶 (阶)

Readings, words and example sentences

カイ kai · on reading

二に階かい
second floor, upstairs
二に階かいのへやでべんきょうします。
I study in a room on the second floor.

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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.