高(gāo)

HSK 110 strokes

surname Gao

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Character information

Pinyin
gāo
Meaning
surname Gao
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 高 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Pictograph⿳亠口冋

A tall palace

A drawing of the thing it names.

Made of

亠tóu口kǒu冋jiōng

Parts are arranged three parts stacked.

How to write 高 step by step

10 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 高

Common words using 高 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

shēng升gāo高
HSK 5

to raise

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jū居gāo高lín临xià下
HSK 7-9

lit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below (idiom)

Open 居高临下 page →
chóng崇gāo高
HSK 7-9

majestic

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shàng上gāo高

see 上高县

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piān偏gāo高

to be on the high side; to be unusually high

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fán凡gāo高

Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Dutch post-Impressionist painter

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yī一jiào较gāo高xià下

to compete against

Open 一较高下 page →
bù不gǎn敢gāo高pān攀

lit. not dare to pull oneself up high (humble term)

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Related characters

More HSK 1 characters

一七三上下不东两

From 高’s common words

升居临下崇上偏凡

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