Chinese symbol for “high”
高
gāo
high; tall; above average; loud
The closest CC-CEDICT match for high is 高 (gāo), defined as: high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “high”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 崇 | chóng | high; sublime |
| 峻 | jùn | (of mountains) high; harsh or severe |
| 轩昂 (軒昂) | xuān áng | high; lofty |
| 亢 | kàng | high; overbearing |
| 杲 | gǎo | high; sun shines brightly |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 高.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 最高 | zuì gāo | tallest; highest |
| 提高 | tí gāo | to raise; to increase |
| 高兴 (高興) | gāo xìng | happy; glad |
| 高级 (高級) | gāo jí | high level; high grade |
| 高度 | gāo dù | height; altitude |
| 高中 | gāo zhōng | senior high school (abbr. for 高级中学 (gāo jí zhōng xué)) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “high”.
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.