gāo

pole used punt boat

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo

bamboo

Sound component
gāo high

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkaːw

說文解字

所以進船也。从竹高聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica