Chinese symbol for “stairs”
梯
tī
(bound form) ladder; stairs
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stairs is 梯 (tī), defined as: (bound form) ladder; stairs.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “stairs”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阶 (階) | jiē | rank or step; stairs |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 梯.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电梯 (電梯) | diàn tī | elevator; escalator |
| 楼梯 (樓梯) | lóu tī | stair; staircase |
| 阶梯 (階梯) | jiē tī | flight of steps; (fig.) stepping stone; way to reach the goal of |
| 梯子 | tī zi | ladder; stepladder; (Internet slang) VPN or other tool used to circumvent internet censorship |
| 梯度 | tī dù | gradient |
| 梯队 (梯隊) | tī duì | echelon (military formation); (in an organization) group of persons of one level or grade |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stairs”.
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.