高
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- 高
- gāo · high, tall; lofty, elevated; Kangxi radical 189
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1 · gao1
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 9 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gou1
Cantonese word readings for 高. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- tall; high
- of high level; above average
- high place
- loud
- (geometry) altitude
- (honorific) your
- (chemistry) per-
- a surname, Gao (surname)
character · Etymology 2
- (Min) alternative form of 懸 /悬 (“tall; high”)
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