だん
段

noun, counter

  1. step, stair, rung, (flight of) steps.
  2. shelf, layer, tier.

noun

  1. grade, level, class.

noun, counter

  1. dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.), rank.

noun

  1. paragraph, passage.

noun, counter

  1. column (of print).
  2. act (in kabuki, joruri, etc.), section, scene.

noun

  1. row of the multiplication table (e.g. five times table).
  2. stage (in a process), phase, occasion, time, moment, situation.
  3. matter, occasion. Messages.form. As ...の段.
  4. degree, extent. As ...どころの段ではない, ...という段じゃない, etc..

counter

  1. counter for breaks in written language or speech.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
だん
段
 段 だん ✔

Contained Kanji Breakdown

grade, steps, stairs
ダン (6th, N3)
pike, windy-again radical (no. 79)
シュ　また　ほこ (Kentei 1)
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
キ　きにょう (Kentei 1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また　ユウ　やす (8th, N1)