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Chinese symbol for “superlative”

高超
gāo chāo
excellent; superlative

The closest CC-CEDICT match for superlative is 高超 (gāo chāo), defined as: excellent; superlative.

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Characters and stroke order

高 gāo
tall, lofty; high, elevated
radical 189 ⾼ · 10 strokes
超 chāo
to jump over, to leap over; to overtake, to surpass
radical 156 ⾛ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “superlative”

WordPinyinMeaning
綦qídark gray; superlative

Related words

Other words that share a character with 高超.

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))
超过 (超過)chāo guòto surpass; to exceed
超级 (超級)chāo jísuper-; ultra-

See also: Japanese symbol for “superlative”.

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.