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read 고 음27 words 낱말from TOPIK 2 2급 7 more read 고 동음

As the first character — 21 words

고등학교 高等學校 high school TOPIK 2 고급 高級 luxury TOPIK 4 고위 高位 high rank TOPIK 6 고도 高度 altitude TOPIK 5 고교 高校 high school TOPIK 4 고함 高喊 a shout or yell TOPIK 6 고 高 height TOPIK 5 고속도로 高速道路 freeway or highway with no street lights TOPIK 4 고승 高僧 high priest TOPIK 6 고지 高地 highland, plateau TOPIK 6 고속 高速 high speed TOPIK 3 고등학생 高等學生 high school student TOPIK 2 고급스럽다 高級- to be luxurious TOPIK 4 고려 高麗 Goryeo TOPIK 4 고가 高價 high price TOPIK 6 고시 高試 civil service exam Common 고혈압 高血壓 high blood pressure TOPIK 5 고속버스 高速 express bus TOPIK 2 고위급 高位級 of high rank Common 고위층 高位層 upper levels, jobs, executives Common 고구려 高句麗 one of the 3 ancient Korean kingdoms, founded in 37 BC by 동명왕 주몽 TOPIK 5

As the last character — 2 words

최고 最高 the best TOPIK 2 제고 提高 raising up, promoting, lifting up Common

In the middle — 4 words

최고급 最高級 the highest grade/class TOPIK 3 여고생 女高生 female high school student TOPIK 4 초고속 超高速 high speed TOPIK 5 중고생 中高生 a middle and high school student Common

7 other characters are also read 고

告 고 20 古 고 12 苦 고 10 考 고 9 故 고 6 庫 고 6 固 고 3

Characters it combines with

級 급 고급 高級 4 shared words 速 속 고속도로 高速道路 4 shared words 生 생 고등학생 高等學生 3 shared words 位 위 고위 高位 3 shared words 學 학 고등학교 高等學校 2 shared words 最 최 최고 最高 2 shared words 校 교 고등학교 高等學校 2 shared words 等 등 고등학교 高等學校 2 shared words 麗 려 고려 高麗 2 shared words 地 지 고지 高地 1 shared word 中 중 중고생 中高生 1 shared word 道 도 고속도로 高速道路 1 shared word

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Hanja spellings, word meanings and TOPIK grades from the 국립국어원 한국어기초사전, used under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

The reading 고 is derived from the alignment between these words' Hangul and their hanja spellings, not taken from a character dictionary — which is also why no 훈 is shown.