# 段 — Steps

Frequency rank 419 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 球 (Sphere), less common than 火 (Fire).

- On’yomi: だん
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 殳 Weapon (Kangxi 79)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

A cliff on the left has a weapon leaning against it on the right -- carved into the cliff face are steps, each marked by a weapon driven into the stone.

In words:

- 段 だん — step,stair,flight of steps,grade,rank,level
- 段々 だんだん — gradually;by degrees
- 階段 かいだん — stairs

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