Memory phrase for the Kanji: 階


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Meaning floor, story/storey, grade

Pronunciation

KAI

Explanation

Left: a hill 阝, right: every 皆 (I compare 比 [= two sitting persons 匕匕], but the rays ノ of the sun 日 make it white 白: all & everything!)

Mnemonic


 
(If buildings are built on a steep slope, they have e.g. 1 floor on the hillside and 2 floors on the downhill side) At a hill they all have floors.

Radicals

hillThe radical kozato shows a hill. 阝 and is always on the left side of a kanji. (Please note that rather similar radical oozato ⻏ is always on the right sight of the kanji and means village.)
all, everyWhen the sun is very glaringly bright, you can not see anything. Thus you can say: I compare 比 but the rays ノ of the sun 日 make it white 白: everything and everyone!
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 Vocabulary

かい  storey, story, floor, stairs, stage (in chronostratigraphy)
二階建て にかいだて  two storied
段階 だんかい  gradation, grade, stage
階層 かいそう  class, level, stratum, hierarchy
階段 かいだん  stairs
階級 かいきゅう  class, rank, grade


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