Hanja Analyzer
高

高 — go

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
높을 고
Romanization
go
English
high, tall; lofty, elevated; Kangxi radical 189
Mandarin
gāo
Japanese on'yomi
コウ
Japanese kun'yomi
たか.い たか -だか たか.まる たか.める
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#65 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
高 (189, 0 residual)
Unicode
U+9AD8

Korean example words with 高

  • 고산高山 Korean gloss: 높은 산
  • 고소高所 Korean gloss: 높은 곳
  • 고령高嶺 Korean gloss: 높은 고개
  • 고록高祿 Korean gloss: 많은 녹봉
  • 고액高額 Korean gloss: 많은 액수
  • 고온高溫 Korean gloss: 높은 온도
  • 고율高率 Korean gloss: 높은 비율
  • 고절高節 Korean gloss: 높은 절개
  • 고점高點 Korean gloss: 높은 점수
  • 지고地高 Korean gloss: 땅의 높이
  • 차고車高 Korean gloss: 차의 높이
  • 최고最高 Korean gloss: 가장 높음

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 高

  • 高校こうこう senior high school; high school
  • 最高さいこう best; supreme; wonderful
  • 円高えんだか appreciation of the yen; strong yen
  • 高齢こうれい advanced age; old age
  • 高校生こうこうせい senior high school student
  • 高官こうかん high official
  • 最高裁さいこうさい Supreme Court
  • 高齢者こうれいしゃ old person; elderly person; senior citizen
  • 高さたかさ height; altitude; elevation
  • 高級こうきゅう high-class; high-grade; high-quality
  • 高裁こうさい High Court
  • 売上高うりあげだか sales; amount sold; proceeds

Characters sharing the phonetic 高

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “고”

Other hanja with radical 高

髙

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