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高 : Tall

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tall, expensive, high (radical 189)

On 'yomi:
コウ(kou)
Kun 'yomi:
たか.い(taka.i) たか(taka) -だか(daka) たか.まる(taka.maru) たか.める(taka.meru)
Nanori:
(ka)(ko) じょい(joi)(ta) はか(haka)
Strokes:10
Radical: (189)
Usage Rating:65
JLPT:N5
old JLPT:4
Grade:2
Unicode:09ad8
jis208:25-66
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高 Usage examples

(こしだか)overbearing, unstable wrestling stance
障子(こしだかしょうじ)tall-paneled sliding door
(ここう)isolation, aloofness, superiority
東名速道路(とうめいこうそくどうろ)Tokyo-Nagoya Expressway
関心がまる(かんしんがたかまる)to take a growing interest in
(きょうこう)height of a mirror stand
位の(くらいのたかい)high-ranking, senior
架橋(こうかきょう)elevated bridge
架線(こうかせん)elevated railway
(こうきょ)elevation (above sea level)
燥地(こうそうち)high and dry ground
層ビル(こうそうビル)skyscraper
炭素鋼(こうたんそこう)high-carbon steel
(こうどう)you, your beautiful home
峰八座(こうほうはちざ)eight lofty peaks
木層(こうぼくそう)overstory (overstorey), canopy layer, tree stratum
野切れ(こうやぎれ)fragments from the old literary work kept at Koyasan
野聖(こうやひじり)Lethocerus deyrollei (species of giant water bug)
より低へ(こうよりていへ)from high to low
麗芝(こうらいしば)Korean lawn grass
陵土(こうりょうど)China clay, porcelain clay
(すうこう)lofty (of a mountain), tall
頭が(ずがたかい)haughty
が知れている(たかがしれている)to not amount to much
さを揃える(たかさをそろえる)to make all of uniform height
を括る(たかをくくる)
をくくる(たかをくくる)
to underrate, to make light of
物価(ぶっかだか)high prices of commodities
(ぼうこうこう)a certain high school
身分の(みぶんのたかい)important, having a high status, having standing, exalted, of high station
優先(こうゆうせん)high priority
輝度(こうきど)high luminance (used to describe bold-face text on display screen)
右方麗楽(うほうこまがく)old Japanese court music from the Nara period
麗楽(こまがく)old Japanese court music from the Nara period
亜熱帯気圧(あねったいこうきあつ)subtropical anticyclone
工業等専門学校(こうぎょうこうとうせんもんがっこう)technical junior college
圧電流(こうあつでんりゅう)high-voltage current, high-tension current
音部(こうおんぶ)treble, high singing voice
額所得者(こうがくしょとくしゃ)large income earner, people in the higher income brackets
級住宅地(こうきゅうじゅうたくち)exclusive residential district
度飛行(こうこうどひこう)
々度飛行(こうこうどひこう)
high-altitude flying
度差(こうどさ)height difference, difference in elevation
等科(こうとうか)advanced course
等生物(こうとうせいぶつ)higher forms of life
分子物質(こうぶんしぶっしつ)(high) polymer, macromolecular substance
価格(さいこうかかく)highest price, price ceiling
記録(さいこうきろく)best (highest) record, new record
級品(さいこうきゅうひん)top quality products
(たかぼうき)bamboo broom
都立(とりつこうこう)metropolitan high school
じり(ジリだか)
ジリ(ジリだか)
gradual rise in prices
(ぜんこう)overall height, distance from the ground to the highest point of an object
ドル(ドルだか)strong dollar
山帯(あこうざんたい)subalpine zone