高 = 亠 + 口 + 冋

高 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “tall”. It is built from 亠 (lid), 口 (mouth) and 冋 (alien). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 329. It appears as a component in 5 other characters in this index.

Keyword: tall
RTK frame: 329
Strokes: 10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): コウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): たか.い, たか, -だか, たか.まる, たか.める
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: высокий
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 高 high

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 高

How to find 高 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “lid” + “mouth” + “alien”. 高 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 高 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.