1. 階
  2. 層

階

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Meta:

  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)

層

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Meta:

  1. 層 is the 698th most frequent character.
  2. 層 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 層 appears as a character in 51 words.
  4. 層 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
層 => 尸, 曾
Radical :
層 => 尸 (corpse), 丷 (eight/divide), 口 (mouth), 丨 (line), 丷 (eight/divide), 日 (sun/day)
Graphical :
層 => 丨, 匚, 丷, 口, 丨, 丷, 口, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ceng2 - layer/stratum/laminated/floor (of a building)/storey/classifier for layers/repeated/sheaf (math.)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 層 (ceng2): The component 曾 is pronounced as 'ceng2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 層 (ceng2): The component 曾 is pronounced as 'zeng1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

层 (層)
层次 (層次)

Medium Frequency

上层 (上層)
下层 (下層)
中层 (中層)
内层 (內層)
分层 (分層)
单层 (單層)
基层 (基層)
外层 (外層)
大气层 (大氣層)
夹层 (夾層)
层出不穷 (層出不窮)
层层 (層層)
层楼 (層樓)
层叠 (層疊)
层级 (層級)
层面 (層面)
岩层 (岩層)
岩层 (巖層)
底层 (底層)
断层 (斷層)
更上一层楼 (更上一層樓)
楼层 (樓層)
深层 (深層)
皮层 (皮層)
表层 (表層)
阶层 (階層)
双层 (雙層)
云层 (雲層)
顶层 (頂層)
领导层 (領導層)
高层 (高層)
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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