高 — high, tall, expensive

たかい高 high

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U+9AD8 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #65 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #307 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories. Radical #189

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Meanings

high
tall
expensive

Readings

On'yomi: こう kou
Kun'yomi: たか taka だか daka

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たか・だか taka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

高(たか) い takai high 高(たか) める takameru to raise 高(たか) まる takamaru to rise 高(たか) 木(ぎ) takagi Takagi (surname) 高(たか) 田(だ) takada Takada (place name/surname) 高(たか) 山(やま) takayama high mountain 高(たか) め takame on the high side 高(たか) 野(の) takano Takano

こう kou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

高(こう) kou high 高(こう) 校(こう) koukou high school 高(こう) 校(こう) 生(せい) koukousei high school student 高(こう) 知(ち) kouchi Kochi 高(こう) 原(げん) kougen highland 女(じょ) 子(し) 高(こう) joshikou girls' high school 中(ちゅう) 高(こう) 年(ねん) chuukounen middle-aged and elderly 中(ちゅう) 高(こう) chuukou medium and high (level)

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79 words

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S = secondary school · 39 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Appears in idioms

高みの見物慣用句

watching the spectacle from a high place

タダより高いものはない諺

nothing is more expensive than free

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こう稿 draft

Pictographic character. Originally depicted a tall building with 口 (rooms) as chambers. High, tall. Extended to expensive.

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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たか・だか taka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

こう kou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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たか ・だか taka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

こう kou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Words by frequency and grade

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Used as component in (1)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

たか・だか taka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).