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階 きざはし storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building 2 513 12 170 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ 形声 Phonetic All buildings of The Pinnacle are multi-storey. They don´t have much room, so they have to build up. It sucks when someone presses all the buttons on the elevator! You have to stop at each storey!

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カイ しな, と, はし 段階(だんかい): grade; level; stage; class; phase; steps; order; gradation階級(かいきゅう): (social) class; rank; grade階段(かいだん): stairs; stairway; staircase階(かい): (1) storey; story; floor (2) stairs (3) stage (in chronostratigraphy) (4) counter for storeys and floors of a building二階建て(にかいだて): two-storied building階層(かいそう): class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy 3 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170)皆: all; everything 阜 8 (none) story Some stupid kid has pushed all the buttons in the elevator. As it stops at all storeys you reach a pinnacle of impatience. Finally you reach your storey, the last one, at the pinnacle of the building.

Kanji	階
Onyomi	カイ
Kunyomi	きざはし
Nanori	しな, と, はし
English	storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
Examples	段階(だんかい): grade; level; stage; class; phase; steps; order; gradation 階級(かいきゅう): (social) class; rank; grade 階段(かいだん): stairs; stairway; staircase 階(かい): (1) storey; story; floor (2) stairs (3) stage (in chronostratigraphy) (4) counter for storeys and floors of a building 二階建て(にかいだて): two-storied building 階層(かいそう): class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	513
Components	阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 皆: all; everything
Number of Strokes	12
Kanji Radical	阜
Radical Number	170
Radical Strokes	8
Radical Reading	こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	story
Koohii Story 1	All buildings of The Pinnacle are multi-storey. They don´t have much room, so they have to build up. It sucks when someone presses all the buttons on the elevator! You have to stop at each storey!
Koohii Story 2	Some stupid kid has pushed all the buttons in the elevator. As it stops at all storeys you reach a pinnacle of impatience. Finally you reach your storey, the last one, at the pinnacle of the building.

Storeys Building Class Pinnacle Counter Level Buttons Reach