Word Meaning

はし hashi

階 is read as はし (hashi) and means stairs.

Meaning

English

  1. stairs
  2. stairs at the front of a noh stage

Reading

Kana

はし

Romaji

hashi

Writing Variants

  • きざはし kizahashi
  • きだはし kidahashi
  • 段階 きざはし kizahashi
  • 段階 きだはし kidahashi

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 77055 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

階段

かいだん

stairs

階層

かいそう

class

階下

かいか

bottom of the stairs

階上

かいじょう

top of the stairs

階高

かいだか

height of a storey

階調

かいちょう

gradation

階数

かいすう

number of stairs or stories (storeys)

階名

かいめい

name of a note in a movable do solfège system

二階

にかい

second floor

段階

だんかい

order

一階

いっかい

one rank

音階

おんかい

scale

Example Sentences

10

このかいだんはじゅうだんあります。

This staircase has ten steps.

けいかくはだいいちだんかいにはいった。

The plan entered its first stage.

What floor?

There are stairs.

What floor is it?

I'm on the eighth floor.

My flat is on the first floor.

What floor is my room on?

This is the second floor.

I sleep upstairs.