HSK 1 · Describing

高

gāo

tall; high

Stroke order of 高

高 is written with 10 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A tall tower: a roof '亠' on top, windows '口' stacked high above the gate '冂'.

Parts: 亠 roof + 口 + 冂 + 口 (pictograph of a tall tower)

Example sentence

我哥哥比我高。

My older brother is taller than me.

Words with 高

高兴happy; glad 高中senior high school 提高to raise; to improve 高级advanced; high-level 高速公路expressway; highway 高速high speed 跳高high jump

More words: Describing

大big; large 小small; little 多many; much 少few; little 新new 老old 快fast; quickly 慢slow 难difficult; hard 干净clean 坏bad; broken

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