There are scores of karate styles, most of them offshoots of other styles of karate. The primary styles as recognized by the World Karate Federation for form exercises are:
Shotokan-ryu
Shito-ryu
Budokan
Kyokushinkai
Gojo-ryu
Wado-ryu
Shorin-ryu
Uechi-ryu
Almost all other styles are influenced by one or more of these. If you're curious, Chuck Norris has an 8th degree black belt in Tai Kwon do.
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They are not levels they are belts,which in shotokan karate is in the order of:
white
orange
red
yellow
green
purple
purple one stripe
brown
brown one stripe
brown two stripe
black
black 1st dan
black 2nd dan
" 3rd dan
" 4th dan
" 5th dan
" 6th dan
" 7th dan
" 8th dan
" 9th dan
" 10th dan
white
yellow
orange
purple
purple stripe
green
green stripe
brown
brown stripe
red
red stripe
cho-Dan BO
black
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Typically brown belt covers 3rd kyu, 2nd kyu and 1st kyu. Upon reaching 1st kyu one is preparing to test for shodan (1st level black belt).