IDENTITY
高gāotall; high
HSK 1Top 95
CORE MEANING
tall; high
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.tall; highHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 高tall radical (gāo)
- strokes
- 10
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿳亠口冋
- lid/top
- middle block
- base with walls
USAGE
Common words
高兴gāoxìnghappy
提高tígāoto improve
高中gāozhōngsenior high school
Graded examples
这里的山很高。Zhèlǐ de shān hěn gāo.HSK1
The mountains here are very high.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
A tall watchtower with a gate at the bottom.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #95
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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