高 (gāo)
Tall; high.
How 高 is written
- Strokes
- 10
- Traditional
- 高
- Simplified
- 高 (unchanged)
Common words using 高
- 提高 tígāo
- to raise; to increase
- 高中 gāozhōng
- senior high school; abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2]
- 高手 gāoshǒu
- expert; a past master; a dab hand
- 高清 gāoqīng
- high definition (photo, audio or television)
- 高興 gāoxìng
- happy; glad; willing (to do sth)
- 高速 gāosù
- high speed
- 增高 zēnggāo
- to heighten; to raise; to increase
- 崇高 chónggāo
- majestic; sublime
- 抬高 táigāo
- to raise (price etc)
- 昇高 shēnggāo
- to raise; to ascend
- 清高 qīnggāo
- noble and virtuous; aloof from politics and material pursuits
- 興高采烈 xīnggāocǎiliè
- happy and excited (idiom); in high spirits; in great delight
高 in a sentence
台北的生活費很高。
Táiběi de shēnghuófèi hěn gāo.
“The cost of living in Taipei is very high.”
How common is 高?
高 is the 134th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 47.5% of all running text.
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