Chinese Character 高 Meanings and components.

Form

高

Meaning

高 meaning[3] in English

Surname Gao.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 高 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are 'lid' radical in … (亠) , mouth (口) , and archaic variant of … (冋)

No radical has been identified in it.

How to write 高

To write高gao1surname Gao you should write a combination of 亠tou2'lid' radical … 口kou3mouth , 冋jiong1archaic variant …

亠 + 口 + 冋 = 高

高 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 高 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 高, looks as follow:

高
Pinyin:gao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Gao
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
冋
Pinyin:jiong1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 坰[Jiong1]
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
囗
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure

Notes

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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