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Chinese symbol for “plateau”

高原
gāo yuán
plateau; measure word: 片 (piàn)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for plateau is 高原 (gāo yuán), defined as: plateau; measure word: 片 (piàn).

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
原 yuán
source, origin, beginning
radical 27 ⼚ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 高原.

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))
原因yuán yīncause; origin
原来 (原來)yuán láioriginal; former; originally; formerly; at first

See also: Japanese symbol for “plateau”.

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.