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Kanji for High
The kanji for “high” is 高, read kou and written in 10 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
高
high
High, noble and lofty in aim.
10 strokes On reading コウ (kou) Kun reading たかい、たか、だか (takai, taka, daka) JLPT N4
Dictionary meanings: tall, high, expensive
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ko, kou, taka
In Japan it appears in about 432 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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