阶

jiē

stairs, steps; rank, degree

How to write 阶, stroke by stroke

variant of 阶; rank or step; stairs

Pictophonetic: semantic 阝 (hill), phonetic 介

Made of 阝 + 介

阶段jiē duànstage; section; phase; period
台阶tái jiēsteps; flight of steps; step (over obstacle); fig. way out of an embarrassing situation; bench (geology)
阶级jiē jí(social) class
阶层jiē céngsocial class
阶梯jiē tīflight of steps; (fig.) stepping stone; way to reach the goal of
中产阶级zhōng chǎn jiē jímiddle class
现阶段xiàn jiē duànat the present stage
高阶gāo jiēhigh level
资产阶级zī chǎn jiē jíthe capitalist class; the bourgeoisie
工人阶级gōng rén jiē jíworking class
无产阶级wú chǎn jiē jíproletariat
下台阶xià tái jiēto extricate oneself; way out

他俩的爱情，已经上升了一个台阶。
tā liǎ de ài qíng ， yǐ jīng shàng shēng le yí gè tái jiē 。
Their love has gone to the next level.
今天咱们团队还有一个阶段性任务没有完成。
jīn tiān zán men tuán duì hái yǒu yí gè jiē duàn xìng rèn wu méi yǒu wán chéng 。
There's a short-term task to be done for our team today.
中国有日益壮大的中产阶层。
zhōng guó yǒu rì yì zhuàng dà de zhōng chǎn jiē céng 。
China has a growing middle class.