# 高 tall

(beret) + 口 (mouth/small box radical) + (goatee)
★★★★★
10 strokes
PN

## Onyomi

KOU | as in : "He was so tall, my eyes were level with his COLON. "

## Mnemonic

| A tall man wearing a beret, a mouth and a goatee.

## Kunyomi

たか*い | tall ★★★★★
( を ) たか＊める | I raise up (my voice); I refine or enhance something. ☆☆☆☆☆
( が ) たか＊まる | to be raised (in status, popularity. . .expectations are also raised) ☆☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

最高(さいこう!) | the best ★★★★★ 最 (most) + 高 (tall) = 最高 (the best)
高校生(こうこうせい) | high school student ★★★☆☆ 高校 (high school) + 生 (life / birth) = 高校生 (high school student)
高級(こうきゅう) な | hi-klass ★★★☆☆ 高 (tall) + 級 (level) = 高級 (hi-klass)
高望み(たかのぞみ) する | aim too high ★☆☆☆☆ 高 (tall) + 望 (desire) = 高望み (aim too high) to aim too high, to be over-ambitious.

## Used In

- 豪