Character · Qualities
高
たかね takaneたかようじ takayōjiたかき takakiたかし takashi
high, tall
Composition
Origin
A pictogram of a tower or storied building rising over its gate: height.
In the thoughts
- 高楊枝takayōjitoothpick held high
- 高きtakakitall
- 高嶺takanehigh peak
- 高しtakashiis high
Proverbs carrying this character
- 063 武士は食わねど高楊枝 Even unfed, the samurai holds his toothpick high.
- 104 山高きが故に貴からず A mountain is not noble because it is tall.
- 262 高嶺の花 The flower on the high peak.
- 269 花は折りたし梢は高し One longs to pick the flower, but the branch is high.
- 292 田子の浦にうち出でて見れば白妙の富士の高嶺に雪は降りつつ Coming out upon Tago Bay, I see: on Fuji's high peak, white, the snow still falling.