U+9636 "阶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
阶
U+9636 "阶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "step," "stair," or "rank," functioning as a simplified form of its traditional counterpart "階." It is composed of the radical "阝" (representing a hill or mound, often associating with elevated or layered structures) and the phonetic component "介," which contributes to its pronunciation (jiē in Mandarin). In modern usage, this ideograph appears in common words such as "阶级" meaning "class" or "hierarchy," "阶梯" meaning "ladder" or "stairs," and "台阶" meaning "steps" or "doorstep." Its semantic range extends from physical steps or terraces to abstract levels of status or progression.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9636 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 阶 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 阶 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0x98 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9636 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009636 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9636 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 275F2C |
| kCangjie | NLOLL |
| kCantonese | gaai1 |
| kDefinition | stairs, steps; rank, degree |
| kEACC | 275F2C |
| kFourCornerCode | 7822 |
| kGB0 | 2955 |
| kHanYu | 64117.130 |
| kHanyuPinlu | jiē(1888) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64117.130 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1347.081 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3D57 |
| kTGH | 2013:574 |
| kKangXi | 1347.081 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7132 |
| kMandarin | jiē |
| kPhonetic | 537 541 |
| kRSUnicode | 170.4 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 749.17 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 171.190:jiē |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "階" U+968E CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0575.060:jiē |