阶 jiē
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 介 agent, go-between, intermediary
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
阶段
jiēduàn
stage
Characters in this word
段 duàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 殳 — tool, weapon
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这个阶段很忙。 Zhège jiēduàn hěn máng. This stage is very busy.
- 第一阶段结束。 Dì yī jiēduàn jiéshù. The first stage ends.
- 新阶段开始了。 Xīn jiēduàn kāishǐ le. A new stage has begun.