高 gāo
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 高 — tall, lofty
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
高潮
gāocháo
climax
Characters in this word
潮 cháo
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 朝 to face
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 故事到高潮。 Gùshi dào gāocháo. The story reaches its climax.
- 电影有高潮。 Diànyǐng yǒu gāocháo. The movie has a climax.
- 气氛到高潮。 Qìfēn dào gāocháo. The mood reaches its peak.