Chinese symbol for “stilts”
高跷
gāo qiāo
Traditional: 高蹺
stilts; walking on stilts as component of folk dance
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stilts is 高跷 (gāo qiāo), defined as: stilts; walking on stilts as component of folk dance.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “stilts”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 跷 (蹺) | qiāo | to raise one's foot; to stand on tiptoe |
| 跷 (蹻) | qiāo | variant of 跷 (qiāo); to raise one's foot |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 高跷.
| 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)) |
| 蹊跷 (蹊蹺) | qī qiāo | odd; queer; strange; fishy |
| 跷跷板 (蹺蹺板) | qiāo qiāo bǎn | see-saw |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stilts”.
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.