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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.

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| | Old Chinese | | | -------------------------------- | ----------------------------- | | 高 | *kaːw | | 膏 | *kaːw, *kaːws | | 篙 | *kaːw | | 稿 | *kaːwʔ | | 稾 | *kaːwʔ, *kʰaːws | | 槁 | *kaːwʔ, *kʰaːwʔ | | 縞 | *kaːwʔ, *kaːws | | 暠 | *kaːwʔ | | 槀 | *kaːwʔ | | 藁 | *kaːwʔ | | 燺 | *kʰaːwʔ | | 薧 | *kʰaːwʔ, *kʰaːws, *qʰaːw | | 犒 | *kʰaːws | | 蒿 | *qʰaːw | | 藃 | *qʰaːws, *qʰraːw, *qʰraw | | 豪 | *ɡaːw | | 毫 | *ɡaːw | | 壕 | *ɡaːw | | 濠 | *ɡaːw | | 鎬 | *ɡaːwʔ | | 滈 | *ɡaːwʔ, *qʰraːwɢ | | 鄗 | *ɡaːwʔ, *kʰraːw, *qʰaːwɢ | | 鰝 | *ɡaːwʔ, *qʰaːwɢ | | 薃 | *ɡaːwʔ | | 搞 | *kruːʔ | | 敲 | *kʰraːw, *kʰraːws | | 髇 | *qʰraːw | | 嗃 | *qʰraːw, *qʰraːws, *qʰaːwɢ | | 巐 | *kʰl'awʔ | | 歊 | *qʰraw, *qʰoːwɢ | | 謞 | *qʰaːwɢ, *qʰraːwɢ | | 熇 | *qʰaːwɢ, *qʰoːwɢ, *qʰoːɡ | | 碻 | *kʰraːwɢ | | 塙 | *kʰraːwɢ | | 毃 | *kʰraːwɢ | | 翯 | *qʰraːwɢ, *ɡraːwɢ, *ɡoːwɢ | | 瀥 | *qʰraːwɢ |

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

simp. and trad. 高
2nd round simp. ⿳㇔乛龴
alternative forms 髙皋 “tall”

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).

Note: gau2 - in 上高 (siang5 gau2).

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Note:

Note: go1 - surname.

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 高
Reading # 1/1
ModernBeijing(Pinyin) gāo
MiddleChinese ‹ kaw ›
OldChinese /*Cə.[k]ˁaw/
English high, tall
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 高
Reading # 1/1
No. 3726
Phoneticcomponent 高
Rimegroup 宵
Rimesubdivision 1
CorrespondingMC rime 髙
OldChinese /*kaːw/

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 [Jyutping]
    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. [Jyutping]
    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)

Dialectal synonyms of 高 (“tall; high”) [map]

Variety Location Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 高
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 高
Taiwan 高
Malaysia 高
Singapore 高
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 高
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 高
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 高
Wuhan 高, 長 †
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 高
Hefei 高
Cantonese Guangzhou 高
Hong Kong 高
Taishan 高
Yangjiang 高
Singapore (Guangfu) 高
Gan Nanchang 高, 猛 †
Hakka Meixian 高
Changting 高
Wuping 高
Liancheng 高
Ninghua 高
Jin Taiyuan 高
Northern Min Jian'ou 高
Eastern Min Fuzhou 懸
Fuzhou (Changle) 懸
Fuqing 懸
Pingtan 懸
Yongtai 懸
Gutian 懸
Fu'an 懸
Ningde 懸
Shouning 懸
Zhouning 懸
Matsu 懸
Southern Min Xiamen 懸, 躼 †
Quanzhou 懸, 躼 †
Zhangzhou 懸, 躼 †
Zhao'an 懸
Taipei 懸, 躼 †
New Taipei (Sanxia) 懸, 躼 †
Kaohsiung 懸, 躼 †
Yilan 懸, 躼 †
Changhua (Lukang) 懸, 躼 †
Taichung 懸
Tainan 懸, 躼 †
Hsinchu 懸
Kinmen 懸
Penghu (Magong) 懸
Penang (Hokkien) 懸
Singapore (Hokkien) 懸, 躼 †
Manila (Hokkien) 懸, 躼 †
Chaozhou 懸
Shantou 懸
Singapore (Teochew) 懸
Wenchang 懸
Qionghai 懸
Singapore (Hainanese) 懸
Puxian Min Putian 懸
Xianyou 懸
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 懸
Wu Shanghai 高, 長 †
Suzhou 高, 長 †
Hangzhou (Yuhang) 長, 高
Wenzhou 高, 長 †
Xiang Changsha 高, 上
Shuangfeng 高, 長 †
Note † - of a person's height
simp. and trad. 高

Note: guain5 - Chaoyang.

高

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

高

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. tall
  2. high
Kanji in this term
高
たかGrade: 2
kun'yomi

高(たか) • (taka)

  1. maximum, the limit
Kanji in this term
高
こうGrade: 2
on'yomi

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

  2. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

  3. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

  4. ^ Yoshiro Kojima, Shigeru Takebayashi, Keisuke Nakao, and Hideo Masuda, editors (2005), Luminous Japanese-English Dictionary, second edition, Kenkyusha

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

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高 (eumhun 높을 고 (nopeul go))

  1. hanja form? of 고 (“high, tall”)

高: Hán Việt readings: cao (古(cổ)勞(lao)切(thiết))[1][2][3][4]
高: Nôm readings: cao[1][2][3][4][5][6], sào[3][7][6], kiêu[1]

  1. chữ Hán form of cao (“high; tall”).
  2. Nôm form of sào (“pole; stick”).
  3. Chữ Hán form of Cao (“a surname from Chinese.”).
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nguyễn (2014).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Trần (2004).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bonet (1899).
  5. ^ Génibrel (1898).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
  7. ^ Hồ (1976).