# 階 story of a building

(town) + 皆 (everyone)
★★★★☆
12 strokes
COUNTER

## Onyomi

KAI | You heard the one about the crazy lady flying her KITE from the 8th story window.

## Mnemonic

| Everyone in the whole town lives on the same story! The whole rest of the building is vacant.

## Jukugo

階段(かいだん) | stairway ★★★★★ 階 (story of a building) + 段 (step / stairs) = 階段 (stairway)
ｘｘｘ 階(かい) | story ★★★★★ COUNTER story of a building. いっかい、にかい、さんかい。。。
段階(だんかい) | step/phase ★★☆☆☆ 段 (step / stairs) + 階 (story of a building) = 段階 (step/phase) a step in a process. A measure, as in "We're taking steps to reduce your mother's underarm emanations." Also a palindrome of stairway!
階級(かいきゅう) | social class ★☆☆☆☆ NP 階 (story of a building) + 級 (level) = 階級 (social class) a rank, grade, class.(usually used in the sense of social class)

## Synonyms

social status 身分 分際 階級