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Meaning of 階

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(Simplified: 阶)HSK 5
Pinyin: jiē
English Definition: rank or step; stairs
Chinese Definition:
①为了便于上下,用砖石砌成的或就山势凿成的梯形的道:阶除(台阶)。阶墀(台阶)。阶级。阶下囚。台阶。
②等级,层次:阶层。官阶。军阶。音阶。
③凭借:阶缘(凭借,依附)。
④由来:阶祸。
⑤途径:阶段。
Total strokes: 11; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (hill) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
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Example Words
階段HSK 5 jiē duàn stage; section; phase; period; Classifiers:
階級 jiē (social) class; Classifiers:
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Example Sentences
1
Work in two different stages
2
She was stopped on a step.
3
He climbed to the top of the mountain step by step.
4
The gap between social classes is narrowing.
5
She started interning during her undergraduate studies.