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高 — high; tall; above average

high; tall; above average; loud; your

Pinyin
gāo · Gāo
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — gāo, Gāo — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 高: 10 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

高 — 10 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 高 in the HSK syllabus: 45

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 高兴gāoxìnghappy; glad; willing; in a cheerful moodHSK 1
  2. 高gāohigh; tall; above average; loud; yourHSK 2
  3. 高中gāozhōngsenior high schoolHSK 2
  4. 高铁gāotiěhigh speed railHSK 3
  5. 身高shēngāoheightHSK 3
  6. 提高tígāoto raise; to increase; to improveHSK 3
  7. 高价gāojiàhigh priceHSK 4
  8. 高考gāokǎocollege entrance examHSK 4
  9. 高速gāosùhigh speed; expresswayHSK 4
  10. 高温gāowēnhigh temperatureHSK 4
  11. 高于gāoyúgreater than; to exceedHSK 4
  12. 高大gāodàtall; lofty; toweringHSK 5
  13. 高档gāodàngsuperior quality; high grade; top gradeHSK 5
  14. 高度gāodùheight; altitude; elevation; high degree; highlyHSK 5
  15. 高级gāojíhigh level; high grade; advanced; high-rankingHSK 5
  16. 高科技gāokējìhigh tech; high technologyHSK 5
  17. 高效gāoxiàoefficient; highly effectiveHSK 5
  18. 跳高tiàogāohigh jumpHSK 5
  19. 高层gāocénghigh-rise; high level; high classHSK 6
  20. 高超gāochāoexcellent; superlativeHSK 6
  21. 高等gāoděnghigh-level; higher; advancedHSK 6
  22. 高端gāoduānhigh-endHSK 6
  23. 高峰gāofēngpeak; summit; heightHSK 6
  24. 高尚gāoshàngnoble; lofty; refined; exquisiteHSK 6
  25. 高手gāoshǒuexpert; past master; dab handHSK 6
  26. 高新技术gāoxīn-jìshùhigh tech; high technologyHSK 6
  27. 高原gāoyuánplateauHSK 6
  28. 崇高chónggāomajestic; sublimeHSK 7–9
  29. 高额gāo’éhigh quota; large amountHSK 7–9
  30. 高昂gāo’ángto hold high; expensive; highHSK 7–9
  31. 高傲gāo’àoarrogant; haughty; proudHSK 7–9
  32. 高潮gāocháohigh tide; high water; upsurge; peak of activityHSK 7–9
  33. 高调gāodiàohigh-sounding speech; bombast; high-profileHSK 7–9
  34. 高贵gāoguìgrandeur; nobleHSK 7–9
  35. 高见gāojiànwise opinion; brilliant ideaHSK 7–9
  36. 高空gāokōnghigh altitudeHSK 7–9
  37. 高龄gāolíngelderlyHSK 7–9
  38. 高明gāomíngbrilliant; superior; wiseHSK 7–9
  39. 高血压gāoxuèyāhigh blood pressure; hypertensionHSK 7–9
  40. 高雅gāoyǎdainty; elegance; elegantHSK 7–9

And 5 more across the higher levels — the full lists are on the level pages.

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.