高

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• 髙

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Radical 189 高

高 (Kangxi radical 189, 高+0, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜口月口 (YRBR), four-corner 0022₇, composition ⿳亠口冋)

1. Kangxi radical #189, ⾼.

• 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(𰵿), 𨃤, 𨉲, 𨢓, 鎬(镐), 𩌡, 䬘(𩙮), 𩝝, 䮦, 髇, 鰝(𱈋)
• 𠞟, 鄗, 𫾣, 敲, 㪣, 歊, 毃, 𦓄, 𭶟, 䯪, 鶮, 㙜, 槀, 𤌾, 𤚸, 稾, 膏, 𧜉, 𩙷, 𩥊, 𧕔, 嵩, 蒿, 𪯪, 暠, 篙, 翯, 𩮘, 𪨓, 㾸

• 喬

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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• 高 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 高 (Cantonese)

Historical forms of the character 高
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

Pictogram (象形) – a tall building. Compare 京, which however is not a Kangxi radical.

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).

高

1. 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

   a tall girl

   唔好擺得咁高啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   唔好摆得咁高啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   m⁴ hou² baai² dak¹ gam³ gou¹ laa¹.

   Don't put it so high.

2. 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.

3. high place

   居高臨下／居高临下  ―  jūgāolínxià  ―  to occupy a high position and look down

4. loud

   高歌  ―  gāogē  ―  to sing loudly

5. (geometry) altitude

   求梯形的高  ―  qiú tīxíng de gāo  ―  find the altitude of the trapezium

6. (honorific) your
7. (chemistry) per-

   高錳酸鉀／高锰酸钾  ―  gāoměngsuānjiǎ  ―  potassium permanganate

8. a surname, Gao (surname)

   高適／高适  ―  Gāo Shì  ―  Gao Shi (Tang dynasty poet)

• (antonym(s) of “tall”): 矮 (ǎi, “short”)
• (antonym(s) of “high”): 低 (dī, “low”)

• → English: Gao, Kao, Ko

高

1. (Min) Alternative form of 懸 / 悬 (“tall; high”)

   • 目睭攏看高無看低 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     目睭拢看高无看低 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1995, 鄭進一 (lyrics and music), 台灣話, performed by 陳雷

     ba̍k-chiu lóng khòaⁿ koân bô khòaⁿ kē [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Eyes are all looking up high and not down low

   • 飛卡高看卡遠　一目看透看乎清 [Hokkien, trad.]
     飞卡高看卡远　一目看透看乎清 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2009, 黄一飞 ; 小喵 (lyrics), 邓智彰 ; 黄一飞 (music), 欢喜自游飞, performed by 黄一飞 ; 菲比 ; Jentzen; 周奕斌 ; 刘婉滢 ; 黄莞媇; 曾爱佳 ; 陈荣发; 毛依贤

     poe khah kûiⁿ khòaⁿ khah hn̄g, chi̍t ba̍k khòaⁿ-thàu khòaⁿ hō͘ chheng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Fly higher, look farther, with one eye, see through it all, see it clearly

   • 祢的智慧高過山 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     祢的智慧高过山 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2014, 謝鴻文 (lyrics and music), 祢的智慧

     Lí ê tì-hūi koân ná soaⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Your wisdom is high as the mountains

• “高”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

• 髙

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

1. tall
2. high

• 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)

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *taka.

• (Tokyo) たか (Odaka – )^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) たか (Atamadaka – )^[1][2]
• IPA^(key):

高(たか) • (taka) 

1. maximum, the limit

• 高(たか)が知(し)れている (taka ga shirete iru)
• 高(たか)を括(くく)る (taka o kukuru)

• 丈(たけ) (take)
• 岳(たけ) (take), 嶽(たけ) (take)
• 長(た)ける (takeru)
• 高(たか)い (takai)
• 高(たか)々(だか) (takadaka)

From Middle Chinese 高 (kaw).

高(こう) • (kō-) ^[3]

1. high, higher

   高(こう)学(がく)歴(れき)

   kō-gakureki

   high academic achievement; higher education

   高(こう)画質(がしつ)

   kō-gashitsu

   high image quality

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

高

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高 (eumhun 높을 고 (nopeul go))

1. hanja form^? of 고 (“high, tall”)

• 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”)