Today’s #kanji is 段, which is listed under its semantic element of #ほこづくり（殳） and its phonetic element is the left side, which is a simplified version of 耑, although the sound of 耑 is not exactly the same as 段.
Meaning: tiers
Reading: 段
段（ダン）: n step, a stair, a stage
段階（ダンカイ）: n. a step, a stage, a phase, a grade
段落（ダンラク）: n. a paragraph, a stop
一段（イチダン）: n. a step, a degree, a grade, a level
階段（カイダン）: n. flight of stairs, a staircase, steps
格段（カクダン）の: remarkable
下段（カダン）: n. the bottom shelf, the lower tier
手段（シュダン）: n. a means, a measure, a method
上段（ジョウダン）: n. the top shelf, the upper tier, the highest place
値段（ネダン）：n. a price, a cost, a figure
- ほこづくり
