高 gāo
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 高 — tall, lofty
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
高级
gāojí
advanced; high-level
Characters in this word
级 jí
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 及 to extend
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这是高级班。 Zhè shì gāojí bān. This is an advanced class.
- 他学高级汉语。 Tā xué gāojí Hànyǔ. He studies advanced Chinese.
- 这家店很高级。 Zhè jiā diàn hěn gāojí. This shop is very high-end.