高 (takai) Kanji Meaning: "Tall" | Learn Kanji with Pictures

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Drawing: A tower with a roof, windows and a gate, rising high: tall.

高 means tall

high, expensive

A tower with a roof, windows and a gate, rising high: tall.

On'yomi

  • コウkou

Kun'yomi

  • たか(い)takai
  • たかtaka
  • だかdaka
  • たか(まる)takamaru
  • たか(める)takameru

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Common words

  • 円高えんだかappreciation of the yen; strong yen
  • 高音こうおんhigh-pitched tone; soprano
  • 高校こうこうsenior high school; high school
  • 高地こうちhigh ground; plateau

Through history

  1. Oracle bone script form of 高Oracle bone
  2. Bronze script form of 高Bronze
  3. Seal script form of 高Seal
  4. Today

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