• 134th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.15% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 515 words
  • Component in 21 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gāo (Gao1)surname Gao
2. gāo (gao1)high • tall • above average • loud • your (honorific)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for gāo (gao1)The component is pronounced as 'gāo' (gao1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

提高 
身高 
高中 
高度 
高手 
高清 
高级 (高級)
高考 
高兴 (高興)
高跟鞋 
高速 

Uncommon

增高 
崇高 
抬高 
升高 (昇高)
清高 
至高 
兴高采烈 (興高采烈)
趾高气扬 (趾高氣揚)
高下 
高中生 
高人 
高位 
高低 
高傲 
高僧 
高价 (高價)
高分 
高升 
高原 
高呼 
高地 
高压 (高壓)
高压锅 (高壓鍋)
高大 
高官 
高尚 
高层 (高層)
高山 
高峰 
高峰期 
高州 
高招 
高效 
高于 (高於)
高昂 
高明 
高材生 
高架 
高校 
高楼 (高樓)
高档 (高檔)
高歌 
高深 
高汤 (高湯)
高温 (高溫)
高涨 (高漲)
高潮 
高潮迭起 
高烧 (高燒)
高尔基 (高爾基)
高尔夫 (高爾夫)
高科技 
高空 
高端 
高等 
高管 
高粱 
高耸 (高聳)
高薪 
高处 (高處)
高血压 (高血壓)
高调 (高調)
高贵 (高貴)
高超 
高速路 
高达 (高達)
高铁 (高鐵)
高雄 
高雅 
高音 
高飞 (高飛)
高高兴兴 (高高興興)
高龄 (高齡)

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  • 835th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 65 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shēng (sheng1)to raise • to hoist • to promote • metric liter (also written 公升) • measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗
2. shēng (sheng1)ascend • peaceful
3. shēng (sheng1)variant of 升[sheng1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

升级 (升級)
提升 (提昇)

Uncommon

上升 (上昇)
升官 
升温 (升溫)
升华 (升華)
升起 
升迁 (升遷)
回升 
升值 (昇值)
升高 (昇高)
晋升 (晉升)
毫升 
直升机 (直升機)
飙升 (飆升)
高升 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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