高 (gāo): meaning and stroke order
高 (gāo) means high, tall, above average, loud, your (honorific), surname Gao.
高
- Simplified
- 高
- Traditional
- 高 (same form)
- Pinyin
- gāo
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Stroke order of 高
高
- Gāo surname Gao
- gāo high; tall
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Meaning of 高
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gāo
- high
- tall
- above average
- loud
- your (honorific)
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Gāo
- surname Gao
Radical and structure
- 高
- Radical 高 (Kangxi radical 189) · 10 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 高
- 高大 gāo dà tall; lofty; towering
- 高山 gāo shān high mountain; alpine mountain
- 高空 gāo kōng high altitude
- 高明 gāo míng brilliant; superior; wise
- 高原 gāo yuán plateau; CL:片[pian4]
- 高铁 gāo tiě high speed rail
- 提高 tí gāo to raise; to increase
- 高兴 gāo xìng happy; glad
- 高额 gāo é high quota; large amount
- 升高 shēng gāo to raise; to ascend
- 高楼 gāo lóu high building; multistory building
高 in our stories
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老师说：“我姓高。”
lǎoshī shuō wǒ xìng Gāo
The teacher says, "My surname is Gao."
From the story The first day at school HSK 1
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龙门在黄河上，很高很高，水也很急。
Lóngmén zài Huáng Hé shàng hěn gāo hěn gāo shuǐ yě hěn jí
The Dragon Gate is on the Yellow River: very, very high, with a fast current.
From the story The little carp's decision HSK 3
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鲧的办法是“堵”：哪里有水，就在哪里筑起高高的土墙。可是水越堵越高，最后冲垮了所有的墙。
Gǔn de bànfǎ shì dǔ nǎli yǒu shuǐ jiù zài nǎli zhù qǐ gāogāo de tǔqiáng kěshì shuǐ yuè dǔ yuè gāo zuìhòu chōng kuǎ le suǒyǒu de qiáng
Gun's method was to block: wherever there was water, he built high earth walls. But the more he blocked it, the higher the water rose, until it burst through every wall.
From the story Yu the Great tames the flood HSK 6
Stories using 高
- The first day at school HSK 1
- The little carp's decision HSK 3
- Yu the Great tames the flood HSK 6
- Pangu separates heaven and earth HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- A minute of silence HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).