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Chinese symbol for “elevated”

高架
gāo jià
overhead; elevated (walkway, highway etc); elevated road

The closest CC-CEDICT match for elevated is 高架 (gāo jià), defined as: overhead; elevated (walkway, highway etc); elevated road.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

高 gāo
tall, lofty; high, elevated
radical 189 ⾼ · 10 strokes
架 jià
frame, rack, stand; to prop up
radical 75 ⽊ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “elevated”

WordPinyinMeaning
高扬 (高揚)gāo yángheld high; elevated
轩昂 (軒昂)xuān ánghigh; lofty
嶭èelevated; lofty

Related words

Other words that share a character with 高架.

WordPinyinMeaning
最高zuì gāotallest; highest
提高tí gāoto raise; to increase
高兴 (高興)gāo xìnghappy; glad
高级 (高級)gāo jíhigh level; high grade
高度gāo dùheight; altitude
高中gāo zhōngsenior high school (abbr. for 高级中学 (gāo jí zhōng xué))
绑架 (綁架)bǎng jiàto kidnap; to abduct
框架kuàng jià(construction) frame; (fig.) framework

See also: Japanese symbol for “elevated”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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