级 jí
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 及 to extend
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
级别
jíbié
level; rank; grade
Characters in this word
别 bié
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 另 another 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 事故的风险级别被上调后，地方政府立即启动应急预案。 Shìgù de fēngxiǎn jíbié bèi shàngtiáo hòu, dìfāng zhèngfǔ lìjí qǐdòng yìngjí yù'àn. After the accident's risk level was raised, the local government immediately activated its emergency plan.
- 这家酒店的级别很高，房间干净，服务也周到。 Zhè jiā jiǔdiàn de jíbié hěn gāo, fángjiān gānjìng, fúwù yě zhōudào. This hotel's rating is high: the rooms are clean and the service is attentive.
- 他们两个人的工作级别不一样，工资也不一样。 Tāmen liǎng ge rén de gōngzuò jíbié bù yíyàng, gōngzī yě bù yíyàng. The two of them are at different job grades, and their pay is different too.
Related words
- 高级 gāojí advanced; high-level
- 级 jí level; grade
- 年级 niánjí school grade
- 中级 zhōngjí intermediate level
- 班级 bānjí school class
- 超级 chāojí super; very
- 初级 chūjí beginner level
- 等级 děngjí level; grade
- 上级 shàngjí superior; boss
- 分级 fēnjí to classify, to grade
- 顶级 dǐngjí top-level; first-rate
- 阶级 jiējí class; social class