Chinese symbol for “tall”
乔
qiáo
Traditional: 喬
tall
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tall is 乔 (qiáo), defined as: tall.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tall”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高大 | gāo dà | tall; lofty; towering |
| 高 | gāo | high; tall |
| 颀 (頎) | qí | tall |
| 崔巍 | cuī wēi | tall; towering |
| 轩 (軒) | xuān | pavilion with a view; high |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 乔.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乔木 (喬木) | qiáo mù | tree, esp. with recognizable trunk (as opposed to 灌木 (guàn mù), bush or shrub) |
| 乔装 (喬裝) | qiáo zhuāng | to pretend; to feign |
| 布尔乔亚 (布爾喬亞) | bù ěr qiáo yà | (loanword) bourgeois; bourgeoisie |
| 乔迁 (喬遷) | qiáo qiān | to move (to a superior place); promotion |
| 乔装打扮 (喬裝打扮) | qiáo zhuāng dǎ bàn | to dress up in disguise (idiom); to pretend for the purpose of deceit |
| 落叶乔木 (落葉喬木) | luò yè qiáo mù | deciduous tree |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tall”.
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.