高

ga̅o = g + ao1

surname Gao

高 = 亠 + 冋 + 口 : A skyscraper.

高 = 亠 + 冋 + 口 : Just in front of the aorta, a huge skyscraper has been erected. It's an important building, so there's a control checkpoint at the entrance, and Guy Fawkes has been hired to stand guard. To make him look more dangerous, he wears a beret. However there's no-one to check, so Guy Fawkes is bored and eats a mandarin.

高

ga̅o = g + ao1

high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific)

高 = 亠 + 冋 + 口 : A skyscraper.

高 character breakdown

高
- 亠
  - 一
  - 丶
- 冋
  - 冂
    - 丨
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅
  - 口
  - 囗
- 口

亠

tóu = t + ou2

"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8)

亠 = 丶 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: 亠 looks like a beret. Tecumseh (t) is killing time in the Outhouse's kitchen (ou2) by playing a game. His goal is to blow a petal leaf (丶) into a beret (亠) by blowing air through a flute (一).

冋

jio̅ng = ju + (e)ng1

archaic variant of 坰[jiong1]

冋 = 冂 + 口 : A border control checkpoint.

冋 = 冂 + 口 : Zeus is working at a border control checkpoint in front of the engine, but there is no-one to be checked. He is so bored that he's driving staples into mandarins without end.

口

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

Characters with 高 as component

稿

gǎo = g + ao3

manuscript / draft / stalk of grain

稿 = 禾 + 高 : Guy Fawkes (g) wants to blow up the skyscraper (高) inside of the aorta (ao3). He derives the blueprints of the skyscraper, and to encrypt his manuscript (稿) he draws his notes in a bowl of cereals (禾) using a stalk (稿).

稿

稾

gǎo = g + ao3

variant of 稿[gao3]

膏

gào = g + ao4

to moisten / to grease / to apply (cream, ointment) / to dip a brush in ink

膏

ga̅o = g + ao1

ointment / paste / CL:帖[tie3]

膏 = 月 + 高 : Guy Fawkes (g) built a skyscraper (高) in front of the aorta (ao1) which reaches up to the moon (月). Every month when the moon is full Guy Fawkes climbs the skyscraper to apply pain relieving paste (膏) to the moon's back to help him with his back pain.

搞

gǎo = g + ao3

to do / to make / to go in for / to set up / to get hold of / to take care of

搞 = 扌 + 高 : Guy Fawkes (g) set up (搞) a skyscraper (高) inside the aorta (ao3). He uses it to work out: he regularly climbs it using only two toy claws (扌).

敲

qia̅o = qi + ao1

to hit / to strike / to tap / to rap / to knock / to rip sb off / to overcharge

敲 = 攴 + 高 : Someone built a skyscraper (高) in front of the aorta (ao1) without the Queen of Hearts' (qi) consent. First the Queen angrily knocks at the door using the door knocker (攴), but as no one answers she hits (敲) the door with a battering ram.

蒿

ha̅o = h + ao1

celery wormwood (Artemisia carvifolia) / to give off / to weed

皓

暠

hào = h + ao4

variant of 皓[hao4]

嵩

so̅ng = su + (e)ng1

lofty / Mt Song in Henan

镐

鎬