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Chinese symbol for “class”

阶级
jiē jí
Traditional: 階級
(social) class; 个 (gè)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for class is 阶级 (jiē jí), defined as: (social) class; 个 (gè).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

阶 jiē
stairs, steps; degree, rank
radical 170 ⾩ · 6 strokes
级 jí
level, rank; class, grade
radical 120 ⽷ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “class”

WordPinyinMeaning
汇 (彙)huìclass; collection
班级 (班級)bān jíclass (group of students); grade (in school)
类 (類)lèikind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type
班上bān shàng(in the) class
等děngto wait for; to await; by the time; when; till

Related words

Other words that share a character with 阶级.

WordPinyinMeaning
阶段 (階段)jiē duànstage; section
阶层 (階層)jiē céngsocial class
无产阶级 (無產階級)wú chǎn jiē jíproletariat
资产阶级 (資產階級)zī chǎn jiē jíthe capitalist class; the bourgeoisie
中产阶级 (中產階級)zhōng chǎn jiē jímiddle class
高级 (高級)gāo jíhigh level; high grade
超级 (超級)chāo jísuper-; ultra-
升级 (升級)shēng jíto go up by one grade; to be promoted; to escalate (in intensity)

See also: Japanese symbol for “class”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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