Zi:高
高 [gāo] high/tall; heighten (提高 ‘improve’; 高兴 ‘happy’); high (temperature/speed/etc.); (姓); (radical 189, 高部); (HDZ:) … [gào] (丈量高度) 度高
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 高 gāo ‘high/tall (watch tower)’ combines a shape like /向 xiàng ‘northern window’, with 冋 jiōng ‘gate/door (in an outer wall)’ (扃), in which 囗 wéi ‘enclosure/wall’, and 冂 jiōng/jiǒng ‘remote territories’; from atop a high watch tower the most remote territories can be seen/surveyed.
Compare: 喬 qiáo ‘tall/proud’, in which 高 gāo ‘tall’ (abbrev. phonosemantic).
Compare: 尙 shàng; 亯(𠅠享) xiǎng; 复(𡕨㚆) fù; 亭 tíng; 京 jīng; 邑 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. 搞 gǎo, 稿 gǎo, 敲 qiāo, 乔/喬 qiáo, 毫 háo, 豪 háo, ….
HDZ: 高 : gāo : (古) 象楼台层叠形, 亠象上屋, 冂象下屋, 囗象上下层之户牖; (SW: 崇; cf. 高崇) 由下至上距离大, 离地面远 (高空, 高楼大厦); 高度; 加高, 提高; 高处 (居高临下); 山陵; 尊贵, 地位显要; 在一般标准或平均程度之上 (高温, 高手, 高速度, 高血压, 见解高, 高价收买); 岁数大; 宗族中在最上; 敬仰, 敬重; 推崇, 崇尚; 高尚, 清高; 声音高昂、激越 (高音, 歌声高亢); 大; 增大; 远; 浓, 重; 深; 风格超然或风韵切畅; (中医) 寸口卫气盛; 养; 膏: 油脂; 郊 (jiāo): 郊外; 皜/皓 (hào): 白; (姓)
HDC: 高崇 : 高大, 高峻; 高大宏丽的殿堂; 丰厚 (丰盛隆厚; 家道富裕殷实; 丰满肥厚)
►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
►components: 冋口亠冂囗
►Cantonese: gou\
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