高
high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific)
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #47 U+9AD8
How 高 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A tall palace
How to remember it
tall · Heisig RSH #325
向 orientation + 口 mouth + helmet + top hat — as a component also called: tall, tiara
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 高 as their sound component
These characters all use 高 (gāo) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高 sound component | gāo | tall, lofty; high, elevated |
| 豪 | háo | brave, heroic, chivalrous |
| 膏 | gāo | grease, fat; ointment, paste |
| 稿 | gǎo | draft, manuscript, rough copy |
| 敲 | qiāo | to hammer, to pound, to strike |
| 搞 | gǎo | to do, to fix, to make, to settle |
| 镐 | hào | stove; bright |
| 蒿 | hāo | mugwort, wormwood, Artemisia; to give off a scent |
| 槁 | gǎo | to wither; withered, rotten, dead |
| 篙 | gāo | a pole used to punt a boat |
| 犒 | kào | victory feast; to throw a banquet |
| 缟 | gǎo | plain white silk |
| 暠 | gǎo | daybreak; brilliant, bright |
Words containing 高
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人高马大 | rén gāo mǎ dà | tall and strong |
| 高山区 | gāo shān qū | alpine district |
| 高头大马 | gāo tóu dà mǎ | (idiom) tall, imposing horse; (of a person) tall and well-built |
| 高中学生 | gāo zhōng xué shēng | student of a senior high school |
| 高大 | gāo dà | tall; lofty; towering |
| 高中生 | gāo zhōng shēng | senior high school student |
| 自高自大 | zì gāo zì dà | to think of oneself as terrific (idiom); arrogant |
| 高人 | gāo rén | very able person |
| 高县 | Gāo Xiàn | Gao County or Gaoxian, a county in Yibin City 宜賓市|宜宾市[Yi2 bin1 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 高山 | gāo shān | high mountain; alpine mountain |
| 高大上 | gāo dà shàng | (slang) high-end, elegant, and classy; abbr. for 高端大氣上檔次|高端大气上档次 |
| 山高水长 | shān gāo shuǐ cháng | high as the mountain and long as the river (idiom); fig. noble and far-reaching |
| 高分子化学 | gāo fēn zǐ huà xué | polymer chemistry |
| 高中 | gāo zhōng | senior high school (abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2]) |
| 高中 | gāo zhòng | to pass brilliantly (used in congratulatory fashion) |
| 高头 | gāo tou | higher authority; the bosses; on top of |
| 上高县 | Shàng gāo Xiàn | Shanggao, a county in Yichun City 宜春市[Yi2 chun1 Shi4], Jiangxi |
| 高斯 | Gāo sī | Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), German mathematician |
| 高斯 | gāo sī | gauss, unit of magnetic induction |
| 高分子 | gāo fēn zǐ | macromolecule; polymer |