1. 階

階

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

Decomposition:

Once :
階 => 阝, 皆
Radical :
階 => 阝 (town), 比 (compare/compete), 白 (white)
Graphical :
階 => 丨, ㇌, 比, 口, 一, ㇒

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 (階)
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)
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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