Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
child, seed
Parts:
orphan, alone
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1239 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 孤 【コ】 being alone, solitude, loneliness, orphan
  • 孤児 【コジ】 orphan, person without friends
  • 遺孤 【イコ】 orphan

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gu1
Korean:
go

Spanish

  • huérfano
  • sólo

Portuguese

  • órfão

French

  • orphelin
  • seul
1229 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1440 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1270 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1768 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1205 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1480 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1577 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1381 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
462 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
426 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
263 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
317 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1897 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6966X Morohashi
356 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1293 New Nelson (John Haig)
1879 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2024 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1225 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3562 2001 Kanji
2c6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
1-2-6 SKIP code
1-2-5 SKIP code
1243.0 Four corner code
1-24-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b64 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
tall 高 (髙)
Parts:
tall, high, expensive
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
65 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 高 【コウ】 high, high school
  • 高圧 【コウアツ】 high voltage, high pressure
  • 中高 【チュウコウ】 middle and high school, medium and high (level)
  • 激昂 【ゲッコウ】 excitement, exasperation, indignation, rage, fury

Kun reading compounds

  • 高い 【たかい】 high, tall, expensive, high-priced, high (level), above average (in degree, quality, etc.), loud, high-pitched, shrill
  • 高い高い 【たかいたかい】 lifting (a child) high up in the air
  • 高 【たか】 quantity, amount, volume, number, amount of money
  • 高い 【たかい】 high, tall, expensive, high-priced, high (level), above average (in degree, quality, etc.), loud, high-pitched, shrill
  • 威高 【いたか】 arrogant
  • 背高 【せいたか】 tallness, tall person
  • 高まる 【たかまる】 to rise, to swell, to be promoted
  • 高める 【たかめる】 to raise, to lift, to boost, to enhance

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 こ、 じょい、 た、 はか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gao1
Korean:
go

Spanish

  • alto
  • caro
  • sobresaliente
  • elevar
  • levantar

Portuguese

  • Caro
  • alto

French

  • haut
  • élevé
  • grand
  • cher
76 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
132 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
119 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
49 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5248 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
160 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
102 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1163 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
190 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
190 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
83 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1924 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2601 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1330 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1803 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
313 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
45313 Morohashi
2097 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6796 New Nelson (John Haig)
307 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
329 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
135 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
193 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
449 2001 Kanji
2j8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-8 SKIP code
0022.7 Four corner code
1-25-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9ad8 Unicode hex code