Meta:

  1. 階 is the 744th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 13 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (town), (compare/compete), (white)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jie1 - rank or step/stairs

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 階 (jie1): The component 皆 is pronounced as 'jie1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
阶段 (階段)

Medium Frequency

台阶 (臺階)
阶层 (階層)
阶梯 (階梯)
阶段性 (階段性)
阶级 (階級)

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Meta:

  1. 段 is the 567th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 28 words.
  4. appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (line), No glyph available, (weapon/lance)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Duan4 - surname Duan
  2. duan4 - paragraph/section/segment/stage (of a process)/classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

手段 
时段 (時段)
段子 
段落 
片段 
阶段 (階段)

Appears In:

also appears in:
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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