階段

かいだん

stairs

Mnemonic

Everybody goes up the hill a step at a time and there is no other way up it. Kai かい and Dan だん, one behind the other. Over there, on the left: かいだん.

Built from

階

floor, stairs

阝 hill + 皆 all

段

step, grade

Steps cut into a cliff on the left, and a hand holding a tool on the right doing the cutting.

Words sharing these kanji

普段 usual, ordinary 手段 means, way

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