高 — kanji meaning “tall”
高
tall, high, expensive
- Meanings
- tall, high, expensive
- On'yomi
- コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi
- たか.い、たか、-だか、たか.まる、たか.める
- Name readings
- か、こ、じょい、た、はか
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #65 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 189
- Chinese reading
- gāo — Chinese character page
Words with 高
| 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 |
| 高級 | こうきゅう koukyuu | high-class; high-grade; high-quality |
| 高度 | こうど koudo | altitude; height; elevation |
| 高等 | こうとう koutou | high class; high grade |
| 高価 | こうか kouka | highly priced; expensive; valuable |
| 高める | たかめる takameru | to raise; to lift; to boost |
| 高まる | たかまる takamaru | to rise; to swell; to intensify |
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