Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N3

479 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: grade, steps, stairs

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: ダン タン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: るまた

Meaning: weapon, lance

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

階(だんかい)   stage, level

落(だんらく)   paragraph

々畑(だんだんばたけ)   terraced fields

(かいだん)   stairs

(せきだん)   stone steps

(しゅだん)   means, way

(ねだん)   price

(ふだん)   usually

(しょだん)   first grade

と(いちだんと)   further, still more [adv.]

Onyomi Examples

ダン step, stair, (flight of) steps, (row of) stitches, columns (of print), grade, rank, level, counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.), dan, senior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.

ダンカイ stage, step, phase, level, rank, grade, gradation, order, stairs

トクダン exceptional, unusual, special, especially, exceptionally, unusually

チュウダン half-way up a slope or stairway, landing, center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)

タン variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width), for kimonos: at least 10 m in length, for haori: at least 7.27 m in length, for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length, 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres), six ken (10.91 m)

反物 タンモノ fabric, cloth, textiles, drapery, dry-goods, piece goods, measure of kimono material

減反 ゲンタン reduction (of crop size), reduction of acreage (under cultivation)

一反 イッタン one-tenth hectare