階級

かいきゅう · kaikyuu · JLPT N1 · noun

class

🪜 階 (stair step) + 級 (grade) = a rank, one step up the social ladder

階 means floor or stair step, and 級 means grade or level. Together they name a class or rank, with each step ordered from lower to higher.

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