• In modernChinese scripts, the radical component on the left is written糹 (three dots below幺).
• In Japanesekanji and Koreanhanja, the radical component on the left is written糸 (小 below幺 but the middle stroke of小 is written with a丨 vertical stroke without bottom hook), which is the historical form found in theKangxi dictionary.
• Intraditional Chinese and Koreanhanja, the及 component on the right contains又, which is the historical form found in theKangxi dictionary.
• In mainland China (for the traditional form based onXin Zixing (新字形)), Japanesekanji and VietnameseNôm, the及 component on the right does not contain又 and is written in 3 strokes (丿 followed by ⿱乛乛 and㇏).

級 (Kangxi radical 120,糸+4in traditional Chinese and Korean, 糸+3in mainland China and Japanese, 10 strokesin traditional Chinese and Korean, 9 strokesin mainland China and Japanese,cangjie input女火弓竹水 (VFNHE),four-corner2794₇,composition⿰糹及)

• 𠺻,𢲩(𫼾)

• 级(Simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary:page 918, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27294
• Dae Jaweon: page 1348, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3366, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7D1A

Historical forms of the character級
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan)	Liushutong (compiled inMing)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*krɯb): semantic 糹(“thread”) + phonetic 及(OC*ɡrɯb). According to Shuowen Jiezi, the original meaning was referred to a "sequence" related to silk (絲的次第), however Xu Shen didn't specify the exact kind of sequence he was talking about.

級

1. level;rank;grade;class

   電影三級制／电影三级制[Cantonese]  ― din⁶ jing² saam¹kap¹ zai³[Jyutping]  ― Hong Kong motion picture rating system(literally three-category film rating system)

2. (education)grade;form

   同級不同班／同级不同班  ― tóngjí bù tóng bān  ―  to be in the same grade but different classes

3. step

   拾級而上／拾级而上  ― shíjí'érshàng  ―  to walk slowly up a flight of steps

4. (literary)beheadedhead

   • 堅追，斬得一級以還。[Literary Chinese,trad.]
     坚追，斩得一级以还。[Literary Chinese,simp.]

     From:Chen Shou,Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3^rd centuryCE

     Jiān zhuī, zhǎn dé yījí yǐ hái.[Pinyin]

     [Sun] Jian pursued, chopped off onehead, then returned.

5. Classifier forsteps.
6. Classifier forlevel,ranks,grades, etc..

• (grade; form):

FromEnglishcup.

級

1. (Cantonese)cup;cup size

• “級”, in漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2],香港中文大學 (theChinese University of Hong Kong),2014–

Shinjitai	級
Kyūjitai [1]	級󠄁 級+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	級󠄃 級+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on:こう(kō)^{←こふ(kofu,historical)}
• Kan-on:きゅう(kyū,Jōyō)^{←きふ(kifu,historical)}
• Kun:くび(kubi,級)、しな(shina,級)
• Nanori:しな(shina)

/kipu/ →/kiɸu/ → */kiwu/ →/kiu/ →/kyuː/.

FromMiddle Chinese級 (MC kip).

• (Tokyo)きゅう[kyúꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [kʲɨː]

級(きゅう)• (kyū) ^{←きふ(kifu)?}

1. rank
2. (school) aclass
3. (typography) a unit equal to 1H(ha) and 0.25 mm, abbreviated as Q, which happens to be the initial ofEnglishquarter; Q is used for font size, whileha is used for spacing

From theQin dynasty practice of rewarding combatants in war with a promotion for each enemy head that they severed. CompareChinese首級 /首级(shǒují).(Canthis⁽⁺⁾ etymology besourced?)

• (Tokyo)くび[kùbí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟bʲi]

級(くび)• (kubi) 

1. (rare) (severed) head

• “^△級”, in漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[3] (in Japanese),The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation,2015–2025

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul)IPA^(key):[kɯp̚]
• Phonetic hangul:[급]

KoreanWikisource has texts containing thehanja:

級

級 (eumhun등급급(deunggeup geup))

1. hanja form^? of급(“level;grade”)

• 等級 (등급)
• 首級 (수급)
• 一級 (일급)
• 梯級 (제급)

級:Hán Nôm readings:cấp,cóp,khớp,cụp

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