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
阶级
jiējí
class; social class
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 这部小说没有把阶级冲突写成口号，而是落实到人物的日常选择中。 Zhè bù xiǎoshuō méiyǒu bǎ jiējí chōngtū xiě chéng kǒuhào, ér shì luòshí dào rénwù de rìcháng xuǎnzé zhōng. This novel does not turn class conflict into a slogan, but grounds it in the characters' everyday choices.
- 历史书里讲了不同阶级的生活。 Lìshǐ shū lǐ jiǎng le bùtóng jiējí de shēnghuó. The history book describes the lives of different classes.
- 过去的社会有着严格的阶级区分。 Guòqù de shèhuì yǒu zhe yángé de jiējí qūfēn. Society in the past had strict class divisions.
Related words
- 阶段 jiēduàn stage
- 台阶 táijiē step; stairs
- 阶层 jiēcéng social class; stratum
- 阶梯 jiētī stairs; ladder; step; level
- 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