階	554C55   32A.41-2	部居	畫數  11	ㄐㄧㄝ [jie1] .
N	(1)  Stairs, a flight of steps: 階梯 [jie1ti1]↓; 臺階 an outdoor flight of steps; 石階 stone stairs; 階前萬里 distance is no barrier (to understanding or friedship); 初階 a primer, (“first steps”). (2)  Official hierarchy: 官階 official ranks; 階級 [jie1ji2]↓.
Words	1.階段 [jie1duan4], n., phase, stage: 現階段 the present stage (of development).  2.階級 [jie1ji2] ([jie1ji0]), n., (1)  social classes: 上層，下層階級 upper, lower, classes of society; 階級鬥爭 class struggle; (2)  official ranking.  3.階梯 [jie1ti1], n., stairs, a flight of steps, a ladder; introduction (to subject).  4.階層 [jie1ceng2], n., stratum.