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JLPT N5 · Around town

階段

かいだん

stairs

Stroke order of 階段

2 characters, 21 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

階 · 12 strokes段 · 9 strokes

Memory trick

Stairs: 階 is a hill 阝 of levels, 段 is a step struck in sequence.

Parts: 階 floor + 段 step

Example sentence

階段をのぼって二階へ行きます。

かいだんをのぼってにかいへいきます。

I go up the stairs to the second floor.

Words with 階

Words with 段

More words: Around town

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