level

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
糹 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

is a component form of .

及 sound component

  Sound component

  

extend

Evolution

級 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
級 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
級 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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level, rank, class; grade; level; rank; step (of stairs); CL:|[gè]; classifier: step, level

Most common words with 級
Freq.
Word
Meaning

level

超级

super-

高级

high level

年级

grade

升级

to be promoted