高步通衢

高步通衢 in English

gāo bù tōng qú: (idiom) Originally, to hold a prominent official position. By extension, it can also refer to passing the imperial examinations.

Character breakdown

高 gāo high
步 bù a step
通 tōng to go through
衢 qú thoroughfare

Stroke order

Le caractère 高 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 高

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 步 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 步

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

高

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 19 forms

步

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 14 forms

通

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 17 forms

衢

Small seal script
Clerical script 東漢

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

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