Zi:高

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[gāo] high/tall; heighten (​高 ‘improve’; 高​ ‘happy’); high (temperature/speed/etc.); (​); (radical 189, 高​); (HDZ:) … [gào] (​高​) ​

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 高 gāo ‘high/tall (watch tower)’ combines a shape like ​/​ xiàng ‘northern window’, with ​ jiōng ‘gate/door (in an outer wall)’ (​), in which ​ wéi ‘enclosure/wall’, and ​ jiōng/jiǒng ‘remote territories’; from atop a high watch tower the most remote territories can be seen/surveyed.
    Compare: ​ qiáo ‘tall/proud’, in which 高 gāo ‘tall’ (abbrev. phonosemantic).
    Compare: ​ shàng; ​(​𠅠) xiǎng; ​(​𡕨) fù; ​ tíng; ​ jīng; ​ yì.
    高 is the 189th of the 214 radicals, but there aren’t any common characters (except for 高 itself) listed with this radical.
    Note: 高 is more common as a phonetic component (sometimes abbrev.); cf. ​ gǎo, ​稿 gǎo, ​ qiāo, ​/​ qiáo, ​ háo, ​ háo, ….
    HDZ: 高 : gāo : (​) ​, ​, ​, ​; (SW: ​; cf. 高​) ​, ​ (高​, 高​); 高​; ​高, ​高; 高​ (​高​); ​; ​, ​; ​ (高​, 高​, 高​, 高​, ​高, 高​); ​; ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; 高​, ​高; ​高​、​ (高​, ​高​); ​; ​; ​; ​, ​; ​; ​; (​) ​; ​; ​: ​; ​ (jiāo): ​; ​/​ (hào): ​; (​)
    HDC: 高​ : 高​, 高​; 高​殿; ​ (​; ​; ​)
►references: Guǎngyùn:155.09; Wieger:75b; Henshall:119; Karlgren:AD308,GSR1129a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:7.4593.1; Lindqvist:283; Mathews:3290; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:1451.26; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:165.1.03; Wáng(1993):99; EDOC:1
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