This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: カイ、きざはし
Romaji: kai, kizahashi
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Name Readings

Kana: しな、と、はし
Romaji: shina, to, hashi
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Meanings

storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  170
Frequency:  513
Grade:  3
Skip Pattern:  1-3-9
Korean Reading:  gye
Chinese Reading:  jie1
Unicode:  968e
JIS:  332C

Indexes

Halpern Index: 624
Nelson Index: 5011
New Nelson Index: 6469
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2d9.6
Four Corner Index: 7126.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 242
Gakken Index: 253
Japanese Names Index: 1840
Daikanwanjiten Index: 41755
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0948
Remembering the kanji Index: 1309
Busy People Index: 3.18
Kanji Way Index: 328
Kanji Flashcards Index: 991
Kodansha Compact Index: 743
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 262
Kanji in Context Index: 607
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 451
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 569
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1318
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1406
Essential Kanji Index: 436
Kodansha Kanji Index: 761
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3678
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 361
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 392

Words

(かい)
storey; story; floor; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
(きざはし、きだはし、はし)
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
段階 (だんかい)
grade; level; stage; class; phase; steps; order; gradation
階層 (かいそう)
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
位階 (いかい)
court rank
(しな)
article; item; thing; goods; stock; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
階級 (かいきゅう)
(social) class; rank; grade
階段 (かいだん)
stairs; stairway; staircase
階数 (かいすう)
number of stairs or stories (storeys)
音階 (おんかい)
musical scale
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