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高 means 'expensive; high'

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Strokes : 10    Radical number: 189    Frequency: 65   JLPT: N5    Usefulness: 1    Challenge set: 2    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 2    Beginner lesson: 9   Begins 494 words   Used in 821 words   Used in 6472 names   Component in 10 kanji (2 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
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   コウ
Kun
   たか   たかい expensive, tall, high   たかまる to be elevated   たかめる to promote, heighten
Additional readings
Kun    -だか   たかぶる to get excited
Name    か   こ   じょい   た   はか
Variants
髙  
Components
⿳  亠 lid  口 mouth  冋 wide mouth  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 高 is used 46 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 高 is used 791 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).
コウ : 549 words FIND ALL
noun
senior high school; high school  (see also: 高等学校; abbreviation)
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たか : 151 words FIND ALL
1. high; tall  (opposite: 低い; this meaning is restricted to form 高い)
2. expensive
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たか (read as だか) : 85 words FIND ALL
appreciation of the yen; strong yen; strengthening of the yen; high-valued yen; exchange in favor of the yen (favour)
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noun
old Japanese court music from the Nara period  (see also: 右方高麗楽)
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Additional data
Henshall: 132 (originally: 119)  Joy o' Kanji : 119  Key to Kanji: 342 

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高
コウ   expensive; high   たか    たかい expensive, tall, high   たかまる to be elevated   たかめる to promote, heighten   
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冋
wide mouth
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冂
wide
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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亠
lid
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