Jisho

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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

9 strokes
Radical:
corpse
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 塀 【ヘイ】 wall, fence
  • 屏居 【ヘイキョ】 living in retirement
  • 障屏 【ショウヘイ】 partitions in a Japanese house (e.g. screens, sliding doors, etc.)
  • 屏風 【ビョウブ】 folding screen
  • 屏風岩 【ビョウブイワ】 sheer cliff

Kun reading compounds

  • 屏風 【びょうぶ】 folding screen
  • 屏風岩 【びょうぶいわ】 sheer cliff

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ping2, bing3
Korean:
byeong

Spanish

  • mampara
  • biombo
  • cubrir
  • ocultar
  • defenderse
  • prevenir

Portuguese

French

1398 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
7692 Morohashi
1417 New Nelson (John Haig)
2223 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2333 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3755 2001 Kanji
3r6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-6 SKIP code
7724.1 Four corner code
1-54-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c4f Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
谿
mountain stream, valley
Kun:
たにたにがわ
On:
ケイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2063 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 渓谷 【ケイコク】 valley (with a river running through it), gorge, ravine, canyon
  • 渓流 【ケイリュウ】 mountain stream, mountain torrent
  • 雪渓 【セッケイ】 snowy valley
  • 猊鼻渓 【ゲイビケイ】 Geibi Gorge (Ichinoseki, Iwate)

Kun reading compounds

  • 谷 【たに】 valley

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi1
Korean:
gye

Spanish

  • arroyo de montaña
  • valle
  • garganta

Portuguese

  • corrente de montanha
  • vale

French

  • torrent
  • gorge
  • vallée étroite
1199 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1822 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2581 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1846 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1484 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1330A Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1884 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2053 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1843 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1206 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
628 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
380 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
474 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
848 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
516 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3196 New Nelson (John Haig)
840 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
903 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1454 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
363 2001 Kanji
3a8.16 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
3213.4 Four corner code
1-23-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e13 Unicode hex code