Read Edit View history Discussion 階 jiē stairs Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 皆 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas jiē × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 阶 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 阝 is a component form of 阜. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 階 Simp strokes 階 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 階 Simp strokes 階 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 階 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 202, 690 ], [ 226, 687 ], [ 295, 718 ], [ 320, 720 ], [ 335, 709 ], [ 329, 680 ], [ 297, 608 ], [ 290, 566 ], [ 297, 542 ], [ 340, 471 ], [ 347, 442 ], [ 345, 417 ], [ 340, 406 ], [ 312, 407 ], [ 245, 430 ] ], [ [ 134, 707 ], [ 170, 673 ], [ 179, 655 ], [ 187, 556 ], [ 189, 256 ], [ 181, 148 ], [ 169, 77 ], [ 171, 14 ] ], [ [ 480, 612 ], [ 492, 624 ], [ 534, 635 ], [ 559, 639 ], [ 593, 634 ] ], [ [ 428, 733 ], [ 447, 720 ], [ 461, 697 ], [ 450, 477 ], [ 461, 443 ], [ 508, 464 ], [ 597, 534 ] ], [ [ 819, 758 ], [ 824, 722 ], [ 707, 657 ], [ 690, 639 ] ], [ [ 626, 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211 668 C 211 681 211 681 193 693 Z", "M 476 605 Q 477 605 589 624 Q 611 630 601 641 Q 591 654 566 657 Q 523 660 478 632 C 452 616 446 600 476 605 Z", "M 478 632 Q 482 672 486 689 Q 490 707 478 717 Q 456 741 439 744 Q 429 745 423 742 Q 413 736 423 724 Q 439 691 439 663 Q 440 533 430 490 Q 426 463 413 449 Q 401 430 409 410 Q 419 380 434 370 Q 444 363 455 380 Q 486 417 589 514 Q 605 527 606 535 Q 607 547 589 536 Q 549 512 502 486 Q 486 476 478 479 Q 471 483 471 500 Q 472 563 476 605 L 478 632 Z", "M 687 633 Q 726 646 815 683 Q 834 692 857 695 Q 878 699 872 716 Q 865 734 847 751 Q 829 769 818 769 Q 808 770 808 758 Q 805 736 690 658 C 665 641 659 623 687 633 Z", "M 690 658 Q 697 757 710 769 Q 716 788 699 800 Q 674 822 642 829 Q 626 832 618 824 Q 611 817 617 808 Q 636 793 640 731 Q 640 509 670 473 Q 715 407 873 422 Q 886 425 897 428 Q 931 438 944 454 Q 956 466 941 487 Q 923 524 914 576 Q 913 585 906 592 Q 897 596 895 576 Q 876 507 868 495 Q 864 486 845 482 Q 770 464 717 490 Q 695 502 686 545 Q 685 585 687 633 L 690 658 Z", "M 534 300 Q 585 351 604 372 Q 616 388 634 401 Q 650 413 637 425 Q 624 437 600 444 Q 578 451 568 446 Q 558 442 564 432 Q 573 411 515 300 Q 514 299 514 297 C 502 269 513 279 534 300 Z", "M 499 295 Q 480 308 456 316 Q 449 317 443 310 Q 440 306 447 296 Q 483 220 458 81 Q 448 62 455 33 Q 465 5 475 -5 Q 485 -17 492 -4 Q 501 6 504 26 L 509 60 Q 509 69 510 159 L 509 185 Q 508 245 510 266 C 511 287 511 287 499 295 Z", "M 703 44 Q 728 10 748 -23 Q 758 -42 769 -41 Q 785 -40 801 -6 Q 819 33 810 130 Q 797 262 818 288 Q 827 301 818 310 Q 800 329 750 353 Q 732 362 718 353 Q 676 335 534 300 L 514 297 Q 505 297 499 295 C 469 291 480 261 510 266 Q 531 269 695 305 Q 722 311 735 302 Q 750 290 747 136 Q 748 94 744 82 Q 740 69 730 69 C 708 49 703 44 703 44 Z", "M 510 159 Q 514 158 525 159 Q 612 175 675 183 Q 697 187 689 200 Q 679 215 653 219 Q 623 222 509 185 C 480 176 480 161 510 159 Z", "M 504 26 Q 514 25 527 26 Q 584 38 703 44 C 733 46 752 49 730 69 Q 723 76 710 84 Q 694 94 663 87 Q 578 68 509 60 C 479 56 474 28 504 26 Z" ] } 11 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.