階
floor; storey; stair; counter for storeys of a building
12 strokes. Taught in grade 3. Newspaper frequency rank 513.
Readings
- カイ (on reading): 階 (かい) storey; 段階 (だんかい) stage
- きざはし (kun reading): 階 (きざはし) stairs
- Read as a whole word: 裳階 (もこし) pent roof (below the true roof of a pagoda, etc.)
Components
Words using 階
- 階 (かい) storey
- 段階 (だんかい) stage
- 階段 (かいだん) stairs
- 階級 (かいきゅう) (social) class
- 位階 (いかい) court rank
- 階 (きざはし) stairs
- 裳階 (もこし) pent roof (below the true roof of a pagoda, etc.)
- 階隠し (はしかくし) pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or a building in a classic aristocratic villa
- 石階 (いしばし) stone steps
190 words in all.