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高 — high, tall, expensive

たかい高 high

Grade 2 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes business size

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

Meanings

high
tall
expensive

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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 高(こう) 速(そく) kousoku high speed

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Components

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くち口 mouth #30

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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.

#189 高 tall

高 — high, tall, expensive

Meanings

word

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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高 — high, tall, expensive

Meanings

word

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).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

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.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

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).