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階
Floor, Story, Stairs
JLPT N2
Interesting Fact
In Japan, department stores often have detailed floor guides labeled 一階, 二階, 三階, making 階 one of the first kanji visitors learn while shopping.
Memory Trick
Imagine climbing one staircase after another until you reach a higher floor. Every new level is another 階.
Readings
Onyomi: カイ (kai)
Kunyomi:
Example Words
階段
かいだん (kaidan)
Stairs
一階
いっかい (ikkai)
First floor
二階
にかい (nikai)
Second floor
最上階
さいじょうかい (saijoukai)
Top floor
Example Sentence
私 の 部屋 は 二階 に あります。
わたし の へや は にかい に あります。
watashi no heya wa nikai ni arimasu
My room is on the second floor.