Radical 189 or radical tall (高部) meaning "tall" is one of the 8 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 10 strokes.

← 188 Radical 189 (U+2FBC) 190 →
(U+9AD8) "tall"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:gāo
Bopomofo:ㄍㄠ
Wade–Giles:kao1
Cantonese Yale:gou1
Jyutping:gou1
Japanese Kana:コウ kō (on'yomi)
たか-い taka-i / たか taka / たか-まる taka-maru / たか-める taka-meru (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:고 go
Hán-Việt:cao
Names
Japanese name(s):高い/たかい takai
Hangul:높을 nopeul
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 34 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 191st indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

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Derived characters

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Strokes Characters
+0 (=高)
+4
+5
+8
+12
+13

Sinogram

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The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a second grade kanji[1]


References

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  1. ^ a b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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