Mandarin Banana

高

surname Gao | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 高

high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 高

A skyscraper. - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years ago | add a painting

Just in front of the Taos Pueblo, a huge skyscraper has been erected. It's an important building, so there's a control checkpoint at the entrance, and Guy Fawkes has been hired to stand guard. To make him look more dangerous, he wears a beret. However there's no-one to check, so Guy Fawkes is bored and eats a mandarin. - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years ago | add a painting

高
=
亠
+
冋
+
口

亠

tou2 =
t + ou2

"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 亠

亠 looks like a beret! Tecumseh (t-) just entered the Louvre (-ou2), wearing his beret. He made it himself using a flute (一) and a petal leaf (丶). - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 5 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

亠
=
丶
+
一

丶

zhu3 =
zhu + Ø3

"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丶

This character shall be represented by a petal leaf when appearing in other characters. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

George Giant Squid is trying out two petal leafs as eyebrows in the space station. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

亠
=
丶
+
一

一

yi1 =
y + Ø1

one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 一

Maud Younger (y) plays her flute (一) in front of the space station (Ø1). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 5 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 5 years ago

Image by Matthias,
almost 5 years ago

高
=
亠
+
冋
+
口

冋

jiong1 =
ju + (e)ng1

desert / border | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 冋

A border control checkpoint. - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years ago | add a painting

Zeus is working at a border control checkpoint in front of Stonehenge, but there is no-one to be checked. He is so bored that he's driving staples into mandarins without end. - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years ago | add a painting

冋
=
冂
+
口

冂

jiong1 =
ju + (e)ng1

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in 用, 同, 网 etc / see also 同字框[tong2 zi4 kuang4] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 冂

Kind of looks like a map. Zeus found a secret map that tells the location of a golden dinosaur bone in front of Stonehenge, so he took a plough and digged up everything. He actually found a couple of dinosaur bones, but not a golden one. - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 5 years ago | add a painting

冂
=
丨
+
㇆

丨

gun3 =
gu + (e)n3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丨

This character shall be represented by a dinosaur bone when it appears in other characters. - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 5 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 5 years ago

Mnemonic symbol: dinosaur bone.

Gitta Giraffe (gu-) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the Forbidden City (-(e)n3). - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 5 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

shu4 =
shu + Ø4

see 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丨

冂
=
丨
+
㇆

㇆

xx5	A stroke without inherent meaning \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of ㇆ A flute and a crowbar are forming a plough. - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 5 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 4 years ago Image by Matthias, over 4 years ago

㇆
=
一
+
亅

一

yi1 =
y + Ø1

one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 一

Maud Younger (y) plays her flute (一) in front of the space station (Ø1). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 5 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 5 years ago

Image by Matthias,
almost 5 years ago

㇆
=
一
+
亅

亅

jue2 =
ju + e2

"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) / see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 亅

Doesn't 亅 look like a crowbar? Zeus (ju-) shows off his mighty crowbars (亅) in the entrance of the Erechtheion (-e2). - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 5 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

冋
=
冂
+
口

口

kou3 =
k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 口

口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is watching a mouth-watering mandarin in the Louvre (-ou3). - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 5 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 5 years ago

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

高
=
亠
+
冋
+
口

口

kou3 =
k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 口

口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is watching a mouth-watering mandarin in the Louvre (-ou3). - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 5 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 5 years ago

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

Stroke order

高 order 7fb7750a731cc4a30279b9cd9d5357154938d414939d1467d1d5a0c2570726da

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高 has no simplified variant.

HSK level: 1

Pronunciation: Gorodish elements and their mnemonics (what's this?)

g	"g" is for Guy Fawkes. - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 5 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, almost 5 years ago
ao1	In front of the Taos Pueblo - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 5 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 4 years ago

Words with 高

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高 gao1 兴 xing4		happy / glad / willing (to do sth) / in a cheerful mood (HSK level 1)
提 ti2 高 gao1		to raise / to increase / to improve (HSK level 3)
高 gao1 级 ji2		high level / high grade / advanced / high-ranking (HSK level 4)
高 gao1 速 su4 公 gong1 路 lu4		expressway / highway / freeway (HSK level 5)
高 gao1 档 dang4		superior quality / high grade / top grade (HSK level 5)
高 gao1 涨 zhang3		to surge up / to rise / (of tensions etc) to run high (HSK level 6)
高 gao1 超 chao1		excellent / superlative (HSK level 6)
高 gao1 潮 chao2		high tide / high water / upsurge / climax / orgasm / chorus (part of a song) (HSK level 6)
高 gao1 考 kao3		college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試\|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试[Pu3 tong1 Gao1 deng3 Xue2 xiao4 Zhao1 sheng1 Quan2 guo2 Tong3 yi1 Kao3 shi4]) / entrance exam for senior government service posts (Taiwan) (HSK level 6)
兴 xing4 高 gao1 采 cai3 烈 lie4		happy and excited (idiom) / in high spirits / in great delight (HSK level 6)
高 gao1 尚 shang4		noble / lofty / refined / exquisite (HSK level 6)
高 gao1 明 ming2		brilliant / superior / tall and bright (HSK level 6)
高 gao1 明 ming2		Gaoming district of Foshan city 佛山市[Fo2 shan1 shi4], Guangdong (HSK level 6)
崇 chong2 高 gao1		majestic / sublime (HSK level 6)
高 gao1 峰 feng1		peak / summit / height (HSK level 6)
高 gao1 于 yu2		greater than / to exceed
高 gao1 傲 ao4		arrogant / haughty / proud
高 gao1 地 di4		highland / upland
高 gao1 人 ren2		very able person
高 gao1 温 wen1		high temperature
高 gao1 利 li4 贷 dai4		loan shark / high-interest loan / usury
高 gao1 处 chu4		high place / elevation
高 gao1 压 ya1		high pressure / high-handed
远 yuan3 走 zou3 高 gao1 飞 fei1		to go far / to escape to faraway places
高 gao1 高 gao1 在 zai4 上 shang4		set up on high (idiom); not in touch with reality / aloof and remote
高 gao1 压 ya1 氧 yang3		hyperbaric oxygen / hyperbaric oxygenation / also abbr. for 高壓氧治療\|高压氧治疗[gao1 ya1 yang3 zhi4 liao2], hyperbaric therapy
高 gao1 亢 kang4		resounding (sound) / reverberating
高 gao1 架 jia4 桥 qiao2		high trestle bridge / viaduct / fly-over
高 gao1 不 bu4 可 ke3 攀 pan1		too high to reach (idiom); eminent and unapproachable
债 zhai4 台 tai2 高 gao1 筑 zhu4		lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt
高 gao1 呼 hu1		to shout loudly
高 gao1 尔 er3 夫 fu1 球 qiu2 场 chang3		golf course
高 gao1 性 xing4 能 neng2		high performance
高 gao1 发 fa1		to score highly in imperial exams (and obtain a post) / widespread
高 gao1 难 nan2		extremely difficult / hard and dangerous / challenging
拔 ba2 高 gao1		to raise (one's voice) / to overrate / to build up / to stand out / outstanding
束 shu4 之 zhi1 高 gao1 阁 ge2		tied up in a bundle on a high shelf / to put sth on the back burner / no longer a high priority
高 gao1 产 chan3		high yielding
高 gao1 山 shan1		high mountain / alpine
高 gao1 度 du4		height / altitude / elevation / high degree / highly / CL:個\|个[ge4]