支配階級

Reading

Kana: しはいかいきゅう

Romaji: shihaikaikyū

Definition

noun

1

ruling class(es)

Kanji

支

Readings: シ、 ささ.える、 つか.える、 か.う

Meanings: branch, support, sustain, branch radical (no. 65)

配

Readings: ハイ、 くば.る

Meanings: distribute, spouse, exile, rationing

階

Readings: カイ、 きざはし

Meanings: storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building

級

Reading: キュウ

Meanings: class, rank, grade