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Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 8

high, expensive

Meaning
high, expensive
On reading
Kun reading
Memory hook

A tall building with a roof and a body. High, and from there expensive. コウ in compounds, たか(い) on its own.

Words that use 高

expensive, tall
high school

How to write 高

Stroke order · 10 strokes
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  1. 1. A short dot.
  2. 2. Horizontal.
  3. 3. Vertical.
  4. 4. Horizontal, then turn down.
  5. 5. Horizontal.
  6. 6. Vertical.
  7. 7. Horizontal, then turn down, ending in a hook.
  8. 8. Vertical.
  9. 9. Horizontal, then turn down.
  10. 10. Horizontal.

Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

General rules
  • Top to bottom, left to right.
  • Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
  • Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
  • A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
  • Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).

高 is taught on day 12 of the kanji course, alongside , with two writing passes and a short quiz.