Japanese symbol for “altimeter”

高度計

こうどけい

Romaji: koudokei

altimeter

In Japanese, altimeter is 高度計, read こうどけい (koudokei).

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Meanings

n altimeter

Kanji and stroke order

高

tall, high, expensive

on: コウ
kun: たか.い、たか、-だか、たか.まる

10 strokes · JLPT 4

度

degrees, occurrence, time

on: ド、ト、タク
kun: たび、-た.い

9 strokes · JLPT 3

計

plot, plan, scheme

on: ケイ
kun: はか.る、はか.らう

9 strokes · JLPT 3

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
最高	さいこう saikou	best; supreme; wonderful
高い	たかい takai	high; tall
高校	こうこう koukou	senior high school; high school
高校生	こうこうせい koukousei	senior high school student
高速	こうそく kousoku	high-speed; rapid; express
高齢	こうれい kourei	advanced age; old age
程度	ていど teido	degree; amount; grade
今度	こんど kondo	this time; now
計画	けいかく keikaku	plan; project; schedule

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.