级
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level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier: step, level
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 糸 +3
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 級
- Common rank
- #427
- Unicode
- U+7EA7
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
rank · Heisig RSH #1087
thread + outstretched hands
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 级
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高级中学 | senior high school | |
| 高级小学 | upper primary school; upper stage of primary education | |
| 县级市 | county-level city (administrative division in China) | |
| 一级头 | first stage (diving) | |
| 地市级 | prefecture level (the administrative tier below the provincial level, including prefecture… | |
| 地级市 | prefecture-level city | |
| 国家级 | (administrative) national-level | |
| 高年级生 | senior student | |
| 上面级 | (rocketry) upper stage | |
| 高级语言 | (computing) high-level language | |
| 二级头 | second stage (diving) | |
| 国家一级保护 | Grade One State protected (species) | |
| 中量级 | middleweight (boxing etc) | |
| 子级 | (computing) (attributive) child (in a hierarchy) | |
| 县级 | county level | |
| 一级 | first class; category A | |
| 中级 | middle level (in a hierarchy) | |
| 一级方程式 | Formula One (motor racing) | |
| 学级 | class | |
| 地级 | (administrative) prefecture-level |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 及 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 及 sound part | to extend; to reach; and; in time | |
| 极 | extreme, top; final, furthest, utmost; pole | |
| 吸 | to inhale, to suck in; to absorb; to attract | |
| 圾 | garbage, rubbish; shaking; danger | |
| 汲 | to draw water at a well; to imbibe | |
| 岌 | perilous, hazardous; steep, high | |
| 笈 | bamboo box used carry books | |
| 趿 | to tread on; slipshod | |
| 芨 | Chinese elder tree |