段 – JLPT N3 Kanji, Kanji for grade, stairs, steps

段

Strokes: 9

Meanings: grade, stairs, steps
Onyomi: ダン
Kunyomi: -
Name Readings
JLPT: N3
Grade: 6
Frequency: -
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Story

段 is made from 殳, meaning a striking or action-related movement, and the left side that suggests separation. In the past, repeated actions or steps created clear breaks between levels or parts. These separated actions formed stages, steps, or sections. From this idea, 段 came to mean a step, stage, level, or division.

Short Story

段 represents actions that create clear steps or stages.

Mnemonic

Imagine climbing stairs, each step formed by repeated actions. Each clear level you reach is a 段.

Vocabulary Examples

Word	Reading	Meaning	Meta
段	だん	step, stair, rung, (flight of) steps	common JLPT-N3 Noun, Counter
反	たん	variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width), for kimonos: at least 10 m in length, for haori: at least 7.27 m in length, for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length	JLPT-N1 Noun
段々	だんだん	gradually, by degrees, little by little, more and more, increasingly	common JLPT-N1 JLPT-N5 Adverb (fukushi), Adverb taking the 'to' particle
洋袴	ズボン	trousers, pants	common JLPT-N5 Noun
段階	だんかい	stage, step, phase	common JLPT-N2 Noun
段落	だんらく	paragraph	common Noun
段取り	だんどり	programme, program, plans, arrangements	common Noun, Suru verb
段違い	だんちがい	wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.), on another level, in a different league, a world apart, far better	Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun
段ボール	だんボール	(corrugated) cardboard	common Noun
ギザギザ	ギザギザ	notches, serration, indentation, jaggies (stair-step artifacts in computer images)	common Noun

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Example Sentences

Example #1

階段を上がります。

かいだんをあがります

Kaidan o agarimasu

I go up the stairs.

Example #2

階段を下りてください。

かいだんをくだってください

Kaidan o kudatte kudasai

Please go down the stairs.

Example #3

この階段は急です。

このかいだんはきゅうです

Kono kaidan wa kyuu desu

These stairs are steep.

Example #4

階段で転びました。

かいだんでころびました

Kaidan de korobimashita

I fell on the stairs.

Example #5

階段の段数を数えました。

かいだんのだんすうをかぞえました

Kaidan no dansuu o kazoemashita

I counted the steps of the stairs.

Example #6

階段を掃除しました。

かいだんをそうじしました

Kaidan o souji shimashita

I cleaned the stairs.

Example #7

階段の手すりを持ってください。

かいだんのてすりをもってください

Kaidan no tesuri o motte kudasai

Please hold the stair railing.

Example #8

階段を静かに降りました。

かいだんをしずかにおりました

Kaidan o shizuka ni orimashita

I quietly went down the stairs.

Example #9

階段の段が壊れています。

かいだんのだんがこわれています

Kaidan no dan ga kowareteimasu

A step of the stairs is broken.

Example #10

階段を上って部屋に行きました。

かいだんをのぼってへやにいきました

Kaidan o nobotte heya ni ikimashita

I went up the stairs to the room.

Example #11

階段の段差に注意してください。

かいだんのだんさにちゅういしてください

Kaidan no dansa ni chuui shite kudasai

Be careful of the stair steps.

Example #12

階段で友達と会いました。

かいだんでともだちとあいました

Kaidan de tomodachi to aimashita

I met a friend on the stairs.

Example #13

階段の段が滑りやすいです。

かいだんのだんがすべりやすいです

Kaidan no dan ga suberiyasui desu

The steps of the stairs are slippery.

Example #14

階段を何段も上がりました。

かいだんをなんだんもあがりました

Kaidan o nandan mo agarimashita

I went up many steps of the stairs.

Example #15

階段の段に座りました。

かいだんのだんにすわりました

Kaidan no dan ni suwarimashita

I sat on a stair step.

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Kanji Info

Kanji: 段

JLPT: n3

Strokes: 9

Grade: 6

Unicode: 6BB5

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