阶

堦

jiē

Meanings

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jiē

1.variant of 阶[jiē]

jiē

1.rank or step
2.stairs

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Wiktionary

1.stair; step
2.rank; degree; level; seniority; order of precedence
3.phase; stage (serially-ordered division of time, level of completion, etc.)
4.scale
5.order; degree (quantity signifying various concepts in mathematics, chiefly integer-valued)
6.the number of vertices in a graph
7.a surname

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kriːl): semantic 阝 + phonetic 皆 (OC *kriːl).

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Stroke order

Components

阶阝介

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

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Related words

阶段 stage 台阶 steps 阶级 (social) class 阶层 social class 阶梯 flight of steps 阶地 terrace (geography)进阶 advanced 高阶 high level 阶位 order 阶乘 the factorial of a number, e.g. 5! = 5.4.3.2.1 = 120 中阶 mid-level 低阶 low level