堦

See also: 階

堦 U+5826, 堦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5826 ← 堥 [U+5825] CJK Unified Ideographs 堧 → [U+5827]

Translingual

Han character

堦 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土心心日 (GPPA), composition ⿰土皆)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 233, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5261
• Dae Jaweon: page 470, character 38
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 462, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5826

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (皆) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
皆	*kriːl
偕	*kriːl
階	*kriːl
喈	*kriːl
稭	*kriːl, *kriːd
堦	*kriːl
楷	*kriːl, *kʰriːlʔ
鶛	*kriːl
湝	*kriːl, *ɡriːl
蝔	*kriːl, *ɡriːl
鍇	*kriːl, *kʰriːlʔ
揩	*kʰriːl
諧	*ɡriːl
瑎	*ɡriːl
龤	*ɡriːl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kriːl) : semantic 土 + phonetic 皆 (OC *kriːl).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 堦 – see 階 (“stair; step; rank; degree; level; seniority; order of precedence; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 階).

Japanese

Kanji

堦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai)

Korean

Hanja

堦 • (gye) (hangeul 계, revised gye, McCune–Reischauer kye)

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Vietnamese

Han character

堦: Hán Nôm readings: giai

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References

• Nom Foundation