高
高 — Tall
tall, high, expensive
On’yomiコウ (kou)
Kun’yomiたかい (takai)
Kun’yomiたか (taka)
Kun’yomi-だか (daka)
Kun’yomiたかまる (takamaru)
Kun’yomiたかめる (takameru)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 高
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高校 | こうこう koukou | senior high school; high school |
| 最高 | さいこう saikou | best; supreme; wonderful |
| 円高 | えんだか endaka | appreciation of the yen; strong yen |
| 高官 | こうかん koukan | high official |
| 高校生 | こうこうせい koukousei | senior high school student |
| 高齢 | こうれい kourei | advanced age; old age |
Study notes
高 is a JLPT N5 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 2), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #65 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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