EntryCommon
  1. I-adjective (keiyoushi)

    high-pitched; shrill

    子供の叫び声はとてもかん高かった。
    The child's shout was indeed shrill.

Also written かん高い【かんだかい】疳高い【かんだかい】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

armor, high (voice), A grade, first class, former, instep, carapace

Kun
きのえ
On
コウカン
Strokes
5
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1073 of 2500
Radical
field
WaniKani
Level 39

Built from

Used in names as

かぶとまさまさる

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
4-5-1SKIP code
0a5.34The Kanji Dictionary
6050.0Four corner code
3655deroo
7532Unicode hex code
1-25-35JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
92Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3725New Nelson (John Haig)
3481New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4293Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2169Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2923Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1113Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1194Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1071A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
184Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1082Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21725Morohashi
1243A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
982Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1016Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1540Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1053Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1816Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1331Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1122Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jia3Pinyin reading
gabKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
39WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

tall, high, expensive

Kun
たか.いたか-だかたか.まるたか.める
On
コウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
65 of 2500
Radical
tall
WaniKani
Level 7

Built from

Used in names as

じょいはか

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-8SKIP code
2j8.6The Kanji Dictionary
0022.7Four corner code
449deroo
9ad8Unicode hex code
1-25-66JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5248Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6796New Nelson (John Haig)
2097New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2601Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1330Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1803Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
307Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
329Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
49A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1163Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
160Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
45313Morohashi
119A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
190Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
190Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
76sakade
102Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
132henshall3
193Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
135crowley
83Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.11busy_people
1924Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
313Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gao1Pinyin reading
goKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
7WaniKani level