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

11 strokes (also 12)
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
roll, wind, coil, turn pages, roll up sleeves, strip off, be turned, be rolled up
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 捲縮 【ケンシュク】 crimp, crinkle, waviness
  • 捲土重来 【ケンドチョウライ】 recouping one's strength for a renewed attack, making another attempt with redoubled efforts
  • 席巻 【セッケン】 sweeping (over, across), conquering, overwhelming

Kun reading compounds

  • 巻く 【まく】 to wind, to coil, to roll, to wear (e.g. turban, scarf), to envelope, to shroud, to outflank, to skirt, to link (verse), to move ahead (three hours, etc.), to move up
  • 捲る 【まくる】 to turn up, to roll up (e.g. sleeves), to do over and over again, to do relentlessly, to do with reckless abandon, to do continuously, to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.), to come from behind
  • 捲る 【まくる】 to turn up, to roll up (e.g. sleeves), to do over and over again, to do relentlessly, to do with reckless abandon, to do continuously, to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.), to come from behind
  • 捲る 【まくる】 to turn up, to roll up (e.g. sleeves), to do over and over again, to do relentlessly, to do with reckless abandon, to do continuously, to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.), to come from behind
  • 捲る 【めくる】 to turn over, to turn (pages), to leaf through (a book, etc.), to tear off, to strip off, to take off, to pull off (e.g. a blanket), to pull up (e.g. floorboards), to tear up
  • 捲れる 【まくれる】 to be turned up, to be turned inside out, to ride up, to be lifted (e.g. by wind)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
juan3
Korean:
gweon

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1933 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
598 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
451 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
12208 Morohashi
2193 New Nelson (John Haig)
3c8.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
1-3-9 SKIP code
5901.2 Four corner code
1-23-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6372 Unicode hex code