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Japanese symbol for “highlands”

Romaji: kouchi
high ground; plateau; heights; highlands

In Japanese, highlands is , read (kouchi).

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Meanings

  1. n high ground; plateau; heights; highlands

Kanji and stroke order

tall, high, expensive
on: コウ
kun: たか.い、たか、-だか、たか.まる
10 strokes · JLPT 4
ground, earth
on: チ、ジ
6 strokes · JLPT 3

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
さいこう saikoubest; supreme; wonderful
たかい takaihigh; tall
こうこう koukousenior high school; high school
こうこうせい koukouseisenior high school student
こうそく kousokuhigh-speed; rapid; express
こうれい koureiadvanced age; old age
ちいき chiikiarea; region; district
ちきゅう chikyuuEarth; the globe

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.