段

Glyph origin
In the bronze script it is a, showing a hand breaking a stone with fragments coming off.

Definitions

 * 1) section; piece; division
 * 2) administrative unit; department
 * 3)  grade; level (in chess, martial arts, etc.)
 * 1)  grade; level (in chess, martial arts, etc.)

Usage notes
The component on the left-hand side of the character can be referred to as.

Kanji

 * 1) step
 * 2) rank; grade

Noun

 * 1) steps (up and down); stairs
 * 2) rating; ranking
 * 3) row; line (of text)
 * 4)  multiplication table
 * 5)  the equivalent to a column in Western layout, but that can be horizontal or vertical depending on the writing direction
 * 1)  the equivalent to a column in Western layout, but that can be horizontal or vertical depending on the writing direction

Suffix

 * 1) (after a number) -th rank; -th degree black belt (in karate, judo, etc)
 * 2) a section (horizontal line) in the gojūon table, which consists of kana that have or historically have had the same vowel
 * 3)  a unit in newspaper typesetting, equal to 1408 s, $1408/1000$, 128  and 16
 * 1)  a unit in newspaper typesetting, equal to 1408 s, ⇭⇭⇭, 128  and 16

Noun

 * 1) a unit of areal measure equivalent to 300, now standardised at exactly 120000/121 square metres (around 991.7 m²)

Etymology
From.