What ⾼ means
The category grew from an older character. Bronze inscriptions from the late Shang dynasty of ancient China show 高 as a layered, building-like form. Shuowen Jiezi, an early Chinese character dictionary, describes it as a tall tower.
The 214-radical index first appeared in the 1615 Zihui dictionary and was adopted by the Kangxi Dictionary in 1716. ⾼ is radical 189. As a word, 高 means “high” or “tall,” and can also describe rank or quality.
A reference symbol for dictionary indexing.
Use 高 for “high” as a word; ⾼ names the radical.
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Questions people ask
1Why does ⾼ show as a box?
It can. A font without this glyph may show a box or replacement mark.
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How to type or find ⾼
- Search it as
- gao radical · radical 189 · high radical symbol
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
⾼CSS
\2FBCWord for Windows
Type 2FBC, then press AltX (verified as of 2026-10-09).
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⾼
HTML hex
⾼
CSS content
content: "\2FBC";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%BE%BC
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.