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阶
階
jiē
1. rank or step
2. stairs
Very Common • Top 4%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

阶
jiē
stairs, steps; degree, rank
HSK 5 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

官阶
guānjiē
official rank
阶乘
jiēchéng
the factorial of a number, e.g. 5! = 5.4.3.2.1 = 120
阶地
jiēdì
terrace (geography)
阶层
jiēcéng
hierarchy
HSK 6
阶梯
jiētī
flight of steps
低阶
dījiē
low level
石阶
shíjiē
stone step
音阶
yīnjiē
musical scale
台阶
táijiē
steps
HSK 5
高阶
gāojiē
high level
阶级
jiējí
(social) class
二阶
èrjiē
second order
阶段
jiēduàn
stage
HSK 5
进阶
jìnjiē
advanced
门阶
ménjiē
doorstep
现阶段
xiànjiēduàn
at the present stage
下台阶
xiàtáijiē
to extricate oneself
新阶段
xīnjiēduàn
new level
阶段性
jiēduànxìng
in stages
阶级式
jiējíshì
hierarchical

Alternate Entries

阶
jiē
variant of [[階|阶<jiē>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
744
Word Frequency Rank
2,958 of 84,292