段
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paragraph; section; segment; stage (of a process); classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 殳 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 段
- Common rank
- #1,305
- Unicode
- U+6BB5
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 段 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A hand using a chisel 殳 to cut stone
Components 殳
? unknown part
How to remember it
section · Heisig RSH #1388
staples + missile — as a component also called: staple gun
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 段
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黄金时段 | prime time | |
| 小段子 | short paragraph; news article | |
| 前段时间 | recently | |
| 放下身段 | to get off one's high horse; to dispense with posturing (and adopt a more humble or empath… | |
| 段子手 | sb who crafts and delivers witty, humorous or satirical short stories, jokes or punchlines… | |
| 高压手段 | high-handed (measures); with a heavy hand | |
| 黄段子 | dirty joke | |
| 自然段 | paragraph | |
| 非常手段 | an emergency measure | |
| 三段论 | syllogism (deduction in logic) | |
| 机务段 | locomotive depot | |
| 告一段落 | to come to the end of a phase (idiom) | |
| 段子 | item of storytelling or performed dialogue (folk arts); sketch | |
| 中段 | middle section; middle period; middle area; mid- | |
| 地段 | section; district | |
| 手段 | method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability; trick; wile | |
| 分段 | to divide (sth) into sections; to segment | |
| 高段 | high-level (ability); advanced | |
| 段数 | rank; level | |
| 时段 | time interval; work shift; time slot; the twelve two-hour divisions of the day |
Sound family
These characters use 段 as their sound component — compare how they read.