Kanji 高 — "Tall"
Here is what 高 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Tall" stick.
Also means: Expensive, High
How it is read
こう
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
たか.い, たか, -だか, たか.まる, たか.める
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
Two Mouths like two people riding piggyback — one in a Top Hat, one in a Hood — together they look really Tall!
- ⼇ Top Hat
This is a Top Hat because it has a part in the middle that sticks up at the top. Try picking it up and wearing it.
- 口 Mouth
This square shape is a Mouth. When you see it, think of a mouth. It's a mouth that's wide open, telling you something.
- 冂 Hood
This component is the Hood of a hoodie that will have a face sticking out in the middle.
Words that use 高
12 of 21 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 高い たかい tall, expensive
- 最高 さいこう highest, supreme, the most
- 高校生 こうこうせい high school student
- 高級 こうきゅう high class; first-rate
- 高さ たかさ height
- 高める たかめる to raise, to lift, to boost (v.t.)
- 高度 こうど altitude, height; advanced
- 高価 こうか high price
- 高まる たかまる to rise, to grow, to mount (v.i.)
- 高原 こうげん tableland, plateau
- 高速 こうそく high speed, high gear
- 背が高い せがたかい tall
Want 高 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
