高
tall, expensive
- 亠lid
- 口box
- 冂frame
- kun
- たか.いtaka.i
- on
- コウkō
mnemonic
A LID (亠) on a tower of BOXES (口) and FRAMES (冂) stacked storey upon storey: a TALL building, and tall buildings are EXPENSIVE. "Kō" (コウ) as in kōkō, high school.
examples
- 高いたかいtakaihigh, expensive
- 高校こうこうkōkōhigh school
- 高速こうそくkōsokuhigh speed