高
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Translingual
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Alternative forms
- 髙
Han character
高 (Kangxi radical 189, 高+0, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜口月口 (YRBR), four-corner 00227, composition ⿳亠口冋)
- Kangxi radical #189, ⾼.
Derived characters
- Appendix:Chinese radical/高
- 傐, 嗃, 塙, 𡠀, 嵪, 𢞟, 搞, 滈, 𤠖, 䧚, 𢲤, 𣉞, 槁, 𣩅, 𣯖, 熇, 犒, 𤧼, 禞, 䐧, 𬎯, 𬏐, 皜, 𬑣, 𥏹, 碻, 稿, 𬖰, 縞(缟), 𧎸, 謞, 𨃤, 𨉲, 𨢓, 鎬(镐), 𩌡, 䬘(𩙮), 𩝝, 䮦, 髇, 鰝
- 𠞟, 鄗, 𫾣, 敲, 㪣, 歊, 毃, 𦓄, 𭶟, 鶮, 㙜, 槀, 𤌾, 𤚸, 稾, 膏, 𧜉, 𩙷, 𩥊, 𧕔, 嵩, 蒿, 𪯪, 暠, 篙, 翯, 𩮘, 𪨓, 㾸
See also
- 喬
References
- KangXi: page 1451, character 26
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45313
- Dae Jaweon: page 1979, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4593, character 1
- Unihan data for U+9AD8
Chinese
simp. and trad. | 高 | |
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2nd round simp. | ⿳㇔乛龴 | |
alternative forms | 髙 皋 “tall” |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 高 | ||||||||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Spring and Autumn | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) | |||
Bronze inscriptions | Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Qin slip script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Old Chinese | |
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高 | *kaːw |
膏 | *kaːw, *kaːws |
篙 | *kaːw |
稿 | *kaːwʔ |
稾 | *kaːwʔ, *kʰaːws |
槁 | *kaːwʔ, *kʰaːwʔ |
縞 | *kaːwʔ, *kaːws |
暠 | *kaːwʔ |
槀 | *kaːwʔ |
藁 | *kaːwʔ |
燺 | *kʰaːwʔ |
薧 | *kʰaːwʔ, *kʰaːws, *qʰaːw |
犒 | *kʰaːws |
蒿 | *qʰaːw |
藃 | *qʰaːws, *qʰraːw, *qʰraw |
豪 | *ɡaːw |
毫 | *ɡaːw |
壕 | *ɡaːw |
濠 | *ɡaːw |
鎬 | *ɡaːwʔ |
滈 | *ɡaːwʔ, *qʰraːwɢ |
鄗 | *ɡaːwʔ, *kʰraːw, *qʰaːwɢ |
鰝 | *ɡaːwʔ, *qʰaːwɢ |
薃 | *ɡaːwʔ |
搞 | *kruːʔ |
敲 | *kʰraːw, *kʰraːws |
髇 | *qʰraːw |
嗃 | *qʰraːw, *qʰraːws, *qʰaːwɢ |
巐 | *kʰl'awʔ |
歊 | *qʰraw, *qʰoːwɢ |
謞 | *qʰaːwɢ, *qʰraːwɢ |
熇 | *qʰaːwɢ, *qʰoːwɢ, *qʰoːɡ |
碻 | *kʰraːwɢ |
塙 | *kʰraːwɢ |
毃 | *kʰraːwɢ |
翯 | *qʰraːwɢ, *ɡraːwɢ, *ɡoːwɢ |
瀥 | *qʰraːwɢ |
Pictogram (象形) – a picture of a building. Compare to 京.
Etymology 1
Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-gaw (“head”). Compare with Burmese ခေါင်း (hkaung:, “head”). However, 元 (OC *ŋon, “head”) instead is more likely to be related to this Proto-Sino-Tibetan root given its significant semantic agreement (Schuessler, 2007).
Likely allofams are 喬 (OC *ɡrew, “tall”), and perhaps 浩 (OC *ɡuːʔ, “vast”) (although the vowels do not agree).
Pronunciation
Definitions
高
- tall; high
- 高原 ― gāoyuán ― plateau
- 這座山特別高。/这座山特别高。 ― Zhè zuò shān tèbié gāo. ― This mountain is especially tall.
- 生得高嘅女仔 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
- saang1 dak1 gou1 ge3 neoi5 zai2 [Jyutping]
- a tall girl
- 唔好擺得咁高啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
- m4 hou2 baai2 dak1 gam3 gou1 laa1. [Jyutping]
- Don't put it so high.
唔好摆得咁高啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]
- of high level; above average
- 很高的價格/很高的价格 ― hěn gāo de jiàgé ― high price
- 高糖量 ― gāo tángliàng ― high sugar content
- 很高的標準/很高的标准 ― hěn gāo de biāozhǔn ― very high standard
- 高年級/高年级 ― gāo niánjí ― higher/senior grades
- 我比他高一班。 ― Wǒ bǐ tā gāo yī bān. ― I am one year above him.
- high place
- 居高臨下/居高临下 ― jūgāolínxià ― to occupy a high position and look down
- loud
- 高歌 ― gāogē ― to sing loudly
- (geometry) altitude
- 求梯形的高 ― qiú tīxíng de gāo ― find the altitude of the trapezium
- (honorific) your
- (chemistry) per-
- 高錳酸鉀/高锰酸钾 ― gāoměngsuānjiǎ ― potassium permanganate
- a surname, Gao (surname)
- 高適/高适 ― Gāo Shì ― Gao Shi (Tang dynasty poet)
Synonyms
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 高 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 高 |
Taiwan | 高 | |
Jinan | 高 | |
Xi'an | 高 | |
Wuhan | 高, 長 † | |
Chengdu | 高 | |
Yangzhou | 高 | |
Hefei | 高 | |
Malaysia | 高 | |
Singapore | 高 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 高 |
Hong Kong | 高 | |
Taishan | 高 | |
Yangjiang | 高 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 高 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 高, 猛 † |
Hakka | Meixian | 高 |
Changting | 高 | |
Wuping | 高 | |
Liancheng | 高 | |
Ninghua | 高 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 高 |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 高 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 懸 |
Changle | 懸 | |
Fuqing | 懸 | |
Pingtan | 懸 | |
Yongtai | 懸 | |
Gutian | 懸 | |
Fu'an | 懸 | |
Ningde | 懸 | |
Shouning | 懸 | |
Zhouning | 懸 | |
Matsu | 懸 | |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 懸, 躼 † |
Quanzhou | 懸, 躼 † | |
Zhangzhou | 懸, 躼 † | |
Zhao'an | 懸 | |
Taipei | 懸, 躼 † | |
New Taipei (Sanxia) | 懸, 躼 † | |
Kaohsiung | 懸, 躼 † | |
Yilan | 懸, 躼 † | |
Changhua (Lukang) | 懸, 躼 † | |
Taichung | 懸 | |
Tainan | 懸, 躼 † | |
Hsinchu | 懸 | |
Kinmen | 懸 | |
Penghu (Magong) | 懸 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 懸 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 懸, 躼 † | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 懸, 躼 † | |
Chaozhou | 懸 | |
Shantou | 懸 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 懸 | |
Wenchang | 懸 | |
Qionghai | 懸 | |
Singapore (Hainanese) | 懸 | |
Puxian Min | Putian | 懸 |
Xianyou | 懸 | |
Wu | Suzhou | 高, 長 † |
Wenzhou | 高, 長 † | |
Xiang | Changsha | 高, 上 |
Shuangfeng | 高, 長 † | |
Note | † - of a person's height |
Antonyms
- (tall): 矮 (ǎi, “short”)
- (high): 低 (dī, “low”)
Descendants
- → English: Gao, Kao
Compounds
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Descendants
- → Japanese: 高 (kō)
- → Korean: 고(高) (go)
- → Vietnamese: cao (高)
Pronunciation
Definitions
高
- (Min) Alternative form of 懸/悬 (“tall; high”).
Japanese
Alternative forms
- 髙
Kanji
(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- tall
- high
Readings
- Go-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)←かう (kau, historical)
- Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)←かう (kau, historical)
- Kun: たか (taka, 高, Jōyō); たかい (takai, 高い, Jōyō); たかまる (takamaru, 高まる, Jōyō); たかめる (takameru, 高める, Jōyō); たかさ (takasa, 高さ)
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term |
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高 |
たか Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) たか [tàkáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) たか [táꜜkà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [ta̠ka̠]
Noun
高 • (taka)
- maximum, the limit
Idioms
- 高が知れている (taka ga shirete iru)
- 高を括る (taka o kukuru)
Derived terms
- 丈 (take)
- 岳 (take), 嶽 (take)
- 長ける (takeru)
- 高い (takai)
- 高々 (takadaka)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term |
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高 |
こう Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Prefix
高 • (kō-) [3]
- high, higher
- 高学歴
- kō-gakureki
- high academic achievement; higher education
- 高画質
- kō-gashitsu
- high image quality
- 高学歴
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
- Yoshiro Kojima, Shigeru Takebayashi, Keisuke Nakao, and Hideo Masuda, editors (2005) Luminous Japanese-English Dictionary, second edition, Kenkyusha
Korean
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Hanja
高 (eumhun 높을 고 (nopeul go))
- Hanja form? of 고 (“high, tall”).
Compounds
- 고등학교 (高等學校, godeung hakkyo, “high school”)
- 고구려 (高句麗, goguryeo, “Goguryeo”)
- 고려 (高麗, goryeo, “Goryeo”)
- 고창군 (高敞郡, gochang gun, “Gochang county”)
- 고급 (高級, gogeup, “highlevel”)
- 고속 (高速, gosok, “high speed”)
- 최고 (最高, choego, “best”)
Vietnamese
Han character
高: Hán Việt readings: cao (
高: Nôm readings: cao[1][2][3][4][5][6], sào[3][7][6], kiêu[1]
- chữ Hán form of cao (“high; tall”).
- Nôm form of sào (“pole; stick”).
Compounds
- 最高 (tối cao)
- 朝高 (chiều cao)
- 高原 (cao nguyên)
- 高壓 (cao áp, “high pressure”)
- 高棉 (Cao Miên, “Cambodia”)
- 高級 (cao cấp)
- 高速 (cao tốc)
References
- Nguyễn (2014).
- Nguyễn et al. (2009).
- Trần (2004).
- Bonet (1899).
- Génibrel (1898).
- Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
- Hồ (1976).