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Chinese
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rank or step; stairs
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level; grade; rank level; grade; rank; step
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trad. (階級)
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階
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級
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simp. (阶级)
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阶
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级
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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階
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級
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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jiē
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jí
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Middle Chinese
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‹ kɛj ›
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‹ kip ›
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Old Chinese
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/*kˁrij/
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/*k(r)əp/
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English
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steps, stairs
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degree, grade
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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階
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級
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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6417
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5659
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Phonetic component
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皆
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及
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Rime group
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脂
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緝
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Rime subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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皆
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急
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Old Chinese
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/*kriːl/
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/*krɯb/
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Noun
階級
- class (social division based on socio-economic status)
- 階級矛盾/阶级矛盾 ― jiējí máodùn ― class conflict
- 剝削階級/剥削阶级 ― bōxuē jiējí ― exploiting class
- 階級統治/阶级统治 ― jiējí tǒngzhì ― class rule
全世界被壓迫階級 [MSC, trad.]
全世界被压迫阶级 [MSC, simp.]- quánshìjiè bèi yāpò jiējí
- the oppressed classes of the world
- (literary) step (on a flight of stairs)
- (literary) rank of an official
Synonyms
Derived terms
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
階級 • (kaikyū) ←かいきふ (kaikifu)?
- social standing, (social) status, (social) class
Korean
Noun
階級 • (gyegeup or McCune-Reischauer: kyegŭp or Yale: kyeykup) (hangeul 계급)
- hanja form? of 계급 (“class”)
Vietnamese
Noun
階級
- chữ Hán form of giai cấp (“class”).