Chinese symbol for “upland”

高地

gāo dì

highland; upland

The closest CC-CEDICT match for upland is 高地 (gāo dì), defined as: highland; upland.

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Characters and stroke order

高 gāo

tall, lofty; high, elevated

radical 189 ⾼ · 10 strokes

地 dì

earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a v

radical 32 ⼟ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 高地.

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))
地区 (地區)	dì qū	region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system)
地方	dì fāng	region; regional (away from the central administration)

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.