Back to N3 Kanji

段

JLPT N3 SL6 9 strokes Frequency: #479

Meanings

Grade, Steps, Stairs

Radicals

殳

Decomposition

⿰？殳

Etymology

Ideographic: A hand using a chisel 殳 to cut stone

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 rising bottom-to-top

6 diagonal top-to-bottom

7 corner right-to-left

8 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

9 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ダン dan

タン tan

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

206 words total

Other (20 words)

格段かくだん

dramatic (improvement)

五段動詞ごだんどうし

godan verb

五段ごだん

godan (verb, verb conjugation)

planning stage

method of payment

final stage

triple

syllogism

staircase

means

first rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.)

initial stage

upper tier

fixed price

net price

(flight of) stone steps

preceding paragraph

the whole page

multistage

stairs

First Previous 1 / 11 Next Last

Back to list