Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 高等(こうとう) in Japanese

高等
JLPT 2
Kana Reading
こうとう
Romaji
kōtō
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    high class; high grade
    Example sentence
    人類は高等哺乳動物である。 Human beings are the higher mammals.

Examples of 高等, こうとう in a sentence

Kanji in this word

等 JLPT 3

12 strokes

etc., and so forth, class (first), quality, equal, similar

On'Yomi: トウ

Kun'Yomi: ひと.しい, など, -ら

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高 JLPT 5

10 strokes

tall, high, expensive

On'Yomi: コウ

Kun'Yomi: たか.い, たか, -だか, たか.まる, たか.める

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