high; tall | heroic; male | ||
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simp. andtrad. (高雄) | 高 | 雄 | |
alternative forms | 髙雄 |
Orthographic borrowing fromJapanese高雄(Takao) with the creation ofTakao Prefecture in 1920, fromHokkien打狗(Tá-káu) (Takau), fromSirayatakau(“bamboo forest”).
高雄
Kanji in this term | |
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高 | 雄 |
たか Grade: 2 | お Grade: S (ateji) |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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高尾 |
From earlier高尾(takao), in which尾 is short for尾根(one), thus literally “high mountain ridge”.
FromHokkien打狗(Táⁿ-káu), fromSirayatakau(“bamboo forest”). The kanji were borrowed from unrelated etymology 1.
Kanji in this term | |
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高 | 雄 |
たか Grade: 2 (ateji) | お Grade: S (ateji) |
kun'yomi |
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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高 | 雄 |
高雄