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
阶层
jiēcéng
social class; stratum
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 数字技术正在改变不同阶层获取教育资源的方式。 Shùzì jìshù zhèngzài gǎibiàn bùtóng jiēcéng huòqǔ jiàoyù zīyuán de fāngshì. Digital technology is changing how different social strata access educational resources.
- 不同阶层的人对生活有不同的期待。 Bùtóng jiēcéng de rén duì shēnghuó yǒu bùtóng de qīdài. People of different social strata have different expectations of life.
- 这个小区里住着各个阶层的居民。 Zhège xiǎoqū lǐ zhù zhe gègè jiēcéng de jūmín. Residents from all social strata live in this neighbourhood.
Related words
- 阶段 jiēduàn stage
- 台阶 táijiē step; stairs
- 阶级 jiējí class; social class
- 阶梯 jiētī stairs; ladder; step; level
- 层 céng floor; layer
- 层次 céngcì level; structure
- 层面 céngmiàn level, dimension
- 高层 gāocéng high-level, upper class; high-ranking
- 层出不穷 céngchūbùqióng to emerge one after another; endless
- 底层 dǐcéng lowest level; grassroots; underlying layer
- 基层 jīcéng grass-roots; basic level
- 上层 shàngcéng upper level; upper strata