| Overall Word Analysis | |||
| Japanese 漢字 Readings | Korean 漢字 Readings | ||
| Kanji + Kana | 階段 | 階段 | Hanja |
| Hiragana / Katakana | かいだん | 계단 | Spoken Form – Hangul |
| Spoken Form – Pahanngana | 캐ㅡ단ㄴ | ||
| Core Form – Pahanngana | 캐단 | 계단 | Core Form – Pahanngana |
| Piece-By-Piece Breakdown | |||||||
| Japanese | Korean | ||||||
| Sino-? Native? Foreign? |
Kanji | Kana | Pahanngana (Spoken Form) | Pahanngana (Core Form) | Pahanngana (Core Form) | Hangul (Spoken Form) | Hanja |
| Sino-Japanese | 階 | かい | 캐ㅡ | 캐 | 계 | 계 | 階 |
| Sino-Japanese | 段 | だん | 단ㄴ | 단 | 단 | 단 | 段 |