JLPT N5 · 10 strokes
Kanji 高: "tall, high, expensive"
The kanji 高 means "tall, high, expensive". It is written with 10 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N5, read コウ in on'yomi and たか.い, たか, -だか, たか.まる, たか.める in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
たか.いたか-だかたか.まるたか.める
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | tall, high, expensive |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 10 |
| JLPT level | N5 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 2 |
| Frequency rank | 65 of 2,501 |
Common words with 高
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 高いhigh; tall · expensive; high-priced
- 最高best; supreme; wonderful; finest · highest; maximum; most; uppermost
- 高校senior high school; high school
- 高まるto rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase
- 高めるto raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
- 高校生senior high school student
- 高high · high school
- 高級high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-end · high-ranking; high-level; senior
- 可能性が高いtrès probable, fort possible
- 高度altitude; height; elevation · high-degree; high-grade; advanced; sophisticated
- 高速high-speed; rapid; express · highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
- 高quantité, montant, volume
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