高桥 (gāo qiáo) — Takahashi (Japanese surname)

Definition

noun

Takahashi (Japanese surname)

高桥。
gāo qiáo Xiān sheng shì rì běn rén.
Mr. Takahashi is Japanese.
高桥。
Wǒ rèn shi yí gè xìng gāo qiáo de rén.
I know a person whose surname is Takahashi.
高桥。
gāo qiáo Shì wǒ men gōng sī de kè hù.
Takahashi is a client of our company.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

高 was drawn as a tall building.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 橋; 桥 is its simplified writing.

木喬橋

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùwood

Sound part声符shēngfú

喬

喬qiáo橋qiáo

Same sound today

The traditional form 橋 pairs 木 (wood) with 喬 (qiáo), which gave the character its sound; the simplified 桥 is a later abbreviation.

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