Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N2

513 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building

Kunyomi: きざはし

Onyomi: カイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: こざとへん

Meaning: mound, dam (阝 left)

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

段(かいだん)   stairs

下(かいか)   lower floor, downstairs

級(かいきゅう)   class, rank, grade

層(かいそう)   class, level, stratum, hierarchy

(ちかい)   basement, cellar

(ごかい)   fifth floor

(かくかい)   each floor

(だんかい)   grade, step, stage

(おんかい)   musical scale

Onyomi Examples

カイ storey, story, floor, stairs, stage (in chronostratigraphy), counter for storeys and floors of a building

カイキュウ (social) class, rank, grade

中二 チュウニカイ mezzanine floor

イカイ court rank

Kunyomi Examples

きざはし stairs, stairs at the front of a noh stage