階 = 阝 + 皆

階 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “stairs”. It is built from 阝 (place) and 皆 (all).

Keyword: stairs
Pinyin (Mandarin): jiē
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: stairs, steps, лестница, ступеньки, steps
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 階 story

Decomposition

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阝 place
皆 all

How to find 階 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “place” + “all”. 階 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 階 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.