高木

Chinese

		high; tall	tree; wood
simp. and trad. (高木)		高	木

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gāomù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ muk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gāomù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gaomù
    • Wade–Giles: Kao¹-mu⁴
    • Yale: Gāu-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gaumuh
    • Palladius: Гаому (Gaomu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ muk⁶
    • Yale: gōu muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ mʊk̚²/

Proper noun

高木

1. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 高木, Takagi

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
高	木
こう Grade: 2	ぼく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーぼく [kòóbókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːbo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

高(こう)木(ぼく) • (kōboku) ^{←かうぼく (kauboku)?}

1. tree with a tall, stout trunk

   Antonym: 低木

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
高	木
たか Grade: 2	き > ぎ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ta̠ka̠ɡʲi]

Proper noun

高(たか)木(ぎ) • (Takagi) 

1. a surname

   高木(たかぎ)正雄(まさお)

   Takagi Masao

   Takagi Masao (Japanese name of Park Chung Hee)