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Chinese symbol for “phased”

阶段性
jiē duàn xìng
Traditional: 階段性
specific to a particular stage (of a project etc); interim (policy etc); occurring in stages; phased

The closest CC-CEDICT match for phased is 阶段性 (jiē duàn xìng), defined as: specific to a particular stage (of a project etc); interim (policy etc); occurring in stages; phased.

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
段 duàn
section, piece, division
radical 79 ⽎ · 9 strokes
性 xìng
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 阶段性.

WordPinyinMeaning
阶段 (階段)jiē duànstage; section
阶级 (階級)jiē jí(social) class; 个 (gè)
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
手段shǒu duànmethod; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability
片段piàn duànfragment (of speech etc); extract (from book etc)
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex

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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