Example sentences
zhè这lóu楼zhēn真gāo高。
This building is so tall.
tā他gè个zi子gāo高。
He's tall.
The story behind the character
高
The earliest 高 is a tall tower: a base, a body, a roof. Xu Shen wrote 高, 崇也: "lofty." A tower rising from the ground, that's tall.