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Chinese symbol for “heighten”

增高
zēng gāo
to heighten; to raise; to increase; to rise

The closest CC-CEDICT match for heighten is 增高 (zēng gāo), defined as: to heighten; to raise; to increase; to rise.

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

增 zēng
to increase; to expand; to augment; to add
radical 32 ⼟ · 15 strokes
高 gāo
tall, lofty; high, elevated
radical 189 ⾼ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 增高.

WordPinyinMeaning
增加zēng jiāto raise; to increase
增长 (增長)zēng zhǎngto grow; to increase
增强 (增強)zēng qiángto increase; to strengthen
新增xīn zēngto add (sth new); newly added; additional
增多zēng duōto increase; to grow in number
增设 (增設)zēng shèto add to existing facilities or services
最高zuì gāotallest; highest
提高tí gāoto raise; to increase

See also: Japanese symbol for “heighten”.

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.