Meaning
high; tall
Chinese: 高度大，也表示程度高。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “gao” becomes a different word in each tone. 高 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 高兴gāo xìnghappy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
- 提高tí gāoto raise; to increase; to improve
- 高中gāo zhōngsenior high school
- 高级gāo jíhigh level; high grade; advanced; high-ranking
- 高速gāo sùhigh speed; expressway
Example Sentence
他长得很高。Tā zhǎng de hěn gāo.He is very tall.
他Tāhe长得zhǎng deto look (pretty, the same 很hěnvery高gāohigh。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
A pictograph of a tall building — a roof on top, an upper storey, and a gateway below. It means ‘tall / high’.
A way to remember it
A tower stacked storey on storey — high.
Easy to confuse with
- 京‘Capital’: a similar tall building, but simpler and set on a mound.