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KANJI

層

14 strokes

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N2 (upper intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 5 (completion of 6th grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 6th grade in Japan
Radical:	尸 Radical name: しかばね
Meaning:	Stratum, social class, layer, story, floor
Usage:	Appears regularly in Japanese newspapers, but about 800 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N3	一層(いっそう)	much more, still more, all the more
N2	高層(こうそう)	upper
N2	大層(たいそう)	very much, exaggerated, very fine
N1	階層(かいそう)	class, level, stratum, hierarchy

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