段

grade, steps, stairs

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

タンダン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

9 / 9

Information

Grade:6

Strokes:9

JLPT:N3

Frequency:479

Vocabulary

タン

Word	Reading	Meaning
減段	ゲンタン	reduction (of crop size); reduction of acreage (under cultivation)
段収	タンシュウ	production per tan
段別	タンベツ	acreage; land area; marking off fields in units of tan
段歩	タンブ	unit of land area (approx. one-tenth hectare)

ダン

Word	Reading	Meaning
一段	イチダン	even more; still more; much more; further; one step; one rung; one level; one grade; one rank; one paragraph; one passage; ichidan (verb, verb conjugation)
一段落	イチダンラク	reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; completing the first stage (of the work); one paragraph
階段	カイダン	stairs; stairway; staircase
格段	カクダン	dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; noticeable; (far) better; exceptional
手段	シュダン	means; way; measure

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
段々	ギザギザ	notches; serration; indentation; jaggies (stair-step artifacts in computer images); notched; serrated; jagged; corrugated; milled
段袋	ズボン	trousers; pants
一段落	ひとだんらく	reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; completing the first stage (of the work); one paragraph
段ボール	だんボール	(corrugated) cardboard
段ボール	ダンボール	(corrugated) cardboard

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

printing block, printing plate, edition, impression, label

throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss

drown, sink, hide, fall into, disappear, die

duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role

sham, temporary, interim, assumed (name), informal

forge, discipline, train

vessels, counter for ships, fish, birds, arrows, one of a pair

rend, rip, tear, break, destroy, defeat, frustrate

kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil