story of a building

(town) + (everyone)
★★★★☆
12 strokes
COUNTER

Onyomi

KAI

You heard the one about the crazy lady flying her KITE from the 8th story window.

Mnemonic

Everyone in the whole town lives on the same story! The whole rest of the building is vacant.

Jukugo

階段(かいだん)

stairway ★★★★★
(story of a building) + (step / stairs) = 階段 (stairway)

xxx (かい)

story ★★★★★ COUNTER

story of a building. いっかい、にかい、さんかい。。。

段階(だんかい)

step/phase ★★☆☆☆
(step / stairs) + (story of a building) = 段階 (step/phase)

a step in a process. A measure, as in "We're taking steps to reduce your mother's underarm emanations." Also a palindrome of stairway!

階級(かいきゅう)

social class ★☆☆☆☆ NP
(story of a building) + (level) = 階級 (social class)

a rank, grade, class.(usually used in the sense of social class)

Synonyms

social status
身分    分際    階級