Memory phrase for the Kanji: 階
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階 |
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Meaning
| floor, story/storey, grade
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Pronunciation |
KAI
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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.
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Radicals
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阝
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hill | The 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.) |
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皆
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all, every | When 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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比
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Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 二階建て |
にかいだて |
two storied |
| 階 |
かい |
storey, story, floor, stairs, stage (in chronostratigraphy) |
| 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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