Chinese Character Wiki
高

gāo

high

Pictograph of a tall building. Similar to 京.

Evolution

高 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
高 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
高 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
高 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
高 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

高  

gāo

high, tall; lofty, elevated; high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific)

高  

Gāo

surname Gao

Most common words with 高
Freq.
Word
Meaning

高兴

happy

高

high

提高

to raise

最高

tallest

高中

senior high school

Component uses

Meaning component in 4 characters (3 verified)

臺 乔 喬 嵩

Sound component in 18 characters (6 verified)

毫 搞 乔 喬 敲 膏 豪 稿 鎬 镐 蒿 槁 槀 篙 犒 縞 缟 暠

Remnant component in 2 characters (2 verified)

臺 毫

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

乔

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*Cə.[k]ˤaw

kaw

gāo

high, tall


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 96.1237% of movies

205th most common character in movies

134th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+9AD8

Shuowen

“高，崇也，象臺觀高之形。从冂、口，與倉舍同意。”


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