高
Tall / High / Expensive
たか・い · こう
A tall tower — a watchtower or pagoda rising high above everything else.
Ten careful strokes build a tower. Top: the pointed roof cap (亠). Middle: the entrance gate (口 within 冂). Base: the platform widening out. This is a Japanese pagoda built to rise above everything, to see and be seen. 高 is everything about height, altitude, and by extension price.
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