階級

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See also: 阶级

Chinese

rank or step; stairs
level; grade; rank
level; grade; rank; step
 
trad. (階級) 階 級
simp. (阶级) 阶 级

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 階 級
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 皆 (33) 緝 (142)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II III
Fanqie 古諧切 居立切
Baxter keaj kip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠɛi/ /kˠiɪp̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚæi/ /kᵚip̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɐi/ /kiep̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kəɨj/ /kjip̚/
Li
Rong 		/kɛi/ /kjəp̚/
Wang
Li 		/kɐi/ /kĭĕp̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kăi/ /ki̯əp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jiē ji
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gaai1 gap1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 階 級
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jiē jí
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kɛj › ‹ kip ›
Old
Chinese 		/*kˁrij/ /*k(r)əp/
English steps, stairs degree, grade

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 階 級
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 6417 5659
Phonetic
component 		皆 及
Rime
group 		脂 緝
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		皆 急
Old
Chinese 		/*kriːl/ /*krɯb/

Noun

階級

  1. 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
  2. (literary) step (on a flight of stairs)
  3. (literary) rank of an official

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
階 級
かい
Grade: 3 		きゅう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

階(かい)級(きゅう) • (kaikyū) ←かいきふ (kaikifu)?

  1. social standing, (social) status, (social) class

Korean

Hanja in this term
階級

Noun

階級 • (gyegeup or McCune-Reischauer: kyegŭp or Yale: kyeykup) (hangeul 계급)

  1. hanja form? of 계급 (“class”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
階級

Noun

階級

  1. chữ Hán form of giai cấp (“class”).
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