高

高	Meanings: high, costly, tall On Readings: コウ kou Kun Readings: たか taka, たか（い） taka(i), たか（まる） taka(maru), たか（める） taka(meru) Most Used Pronunciation: taka(i) JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 2 Kanji Part: 高 Stroke Number: 10

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Common jukugo
高級 - こう　きゅう kou kyuu - high class, expensive, high grade
最高 - さい　こう sai kou - the highest, supreme, greatest (not Psycho!)
高校生 - こう　こう　せい kou kou sei - high school student
最高 - さい　こう sai kou - maximum, supreme, highest
残高 - ざん　だか zan daka - balance, remainder

Useful Examples
Japanese: 僕の妻は店で一番高いカバンを買ってしまった。
Romaji: boku no tsuma wa mise de ichiban takai kaban o katte shimatta.
English: My wife bought the most expensive purse in the store! (shimatta implies it is unfortunate)

Japanese: 彼は高価な材料をふんだんに使って家を建てた。
Romaji: kare wa kouka na zairyou wo fundan ni tsukatte uchi wo tateta.
Literal: him as-for high-price materials lavishly-using house built.
English: He was lavish in the use of expensive materials in building his house.

Japanese: 高ﾍ大きくて、おとなしく見えました。
Romaji: ushi wa ookikute, otonashiku miemashita.
English: The cows looked big and docile.

Japanese: マイクは高校二年生でアンも同学年だ。
Romaji: maiku wa koukou ni nensei de an mo dougakunen da.
English: Mike is in the second year of high school and Ann is too.

Japanese: これは今売っている中で最高のアンプです。
Romaji: kore wa ima utte iru naka de saikou no anpu desu.
English: This is the best amplifier on the market.

Japanese: この車の価格はとても高い。
Romaji: kono kuruma no kakaku wa totemo takai.
English: The price of this car is very high.

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Notes/Mnemonic
Think of this as a picture of a tall and costly Japanese building

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.