级

level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier: step, level

6 strokes Dict coverage rank #427 U+7EA7

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

纟 (semantic, “silk”) + 及 (phonetic, jí)

components: 纟及

rank · Heisig RSH #1087

thread + outstretched hands

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 及

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 及 (jí) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
及 sound component	jí	to extend; to reach; and; in time
极	jí	extreme, top; final, furthest, utmost; pole
吸	xī	to inhale, to suck in; to absorb; to attract
圾	jī	garbage, rubbish; shaking; danger
汲	jí	to draw water at a well; to imbibe
岌	jí	perilous, hazardous; steep, high
笈	jí	bamboo box used carry books
趿	tā	to tread on; slipshod
芨	jí	Chinese elder tree

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
高级中学	gāo jí zhōng xué	senior high school
高级小学	gāo jí xiǎo xué	upper primary school; upper stage of primary education
县级市	xiàn jí shì	county-level city (administrative division in China)
一级头	yī jí tóu	first stage (diving)
地市级	dì shì jí	prefecture level (the administrative tier below the provincial level, including prefecture…
地级市	dì jí shì	prefecture-level city
国家级	guó jiā jí	(administrative) national-level
高年级生	gāo nián jí shēng	senior student
上面级	shàng miàn jí	(rocketry) upper stage
高级语言	gāo jí yǔ yán	(computing) high-level language
二级头	èr jí tóu	second stage (diving)
国家一级保护	Guó jiā yī jí bǎo hù	Grade One State protected (species)
中量级	zhōng liàng jí	middleweight (boxing etc)
子级	zǐ jí	(computing) (attributive) child (in a hierarchy)
县级	xiàn jí	county level
一级	yī jí	first class; category A
中级	zhōng jí	middle level (in a hierarchy)
一级方程式	Yī jí Fāng chéng shì	Formula One (motor racing)
学级	xué jí	class
地级	dì jí	(administrative) prefecture-level