単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Single kanji#1,016 most used

段

だん1

Pitch accent · 頭高 (atamadaka)

step; stair; rung

ITS KANJI

IN A SENTENCE

I put the book on the upper shelf.

written for Tangoya

MEANINGS

1

step; stair; rung; (flight of) steps

noun · counter

TANGOYA ASKS

2

shelf; layer; tier

noun · counter

3

grade; level; class

noun

4

dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.); rank

noun · counter

5

paragraph; passage

noun

6

column (of print)

noun · counter

7

act (in kabuki, joruri, etc.); section; scene

noun · counter

8

row of the multiplication table (e.g. five times table)

noun

9

stage (in a process); phase; occasion; time; moment; situation

noun

10

matter; occasion

noun

11

degree; extent

noun

12

counter for breaks in written language or speech

counter

SOUNDS THE SAME

壇platform; podium; rostrumだん · not in tangoya
断decision; judgment; resolutionだん
団group; body; partyだん · not in tangoya

DETAILS

Kind単漢字, single kanji

Frequency#1,016 most used

Written段 only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium