height; elevated place; high ground
Refers to a high place or a position that is physically or metaphorically elevated. Often used in set phrases like 高みの見物 (looking on from a safe height). Antonym: 低み (low ground).
Antonyms: 低み
He succeeded and rose to a higher position than others.
He looked down at the town from a high place.
To take a detached, onlooker's stance.
The athletes are training to reach even greater heights.
low place; low-lying area; flat
高さ measures how tall or high something is as a dimension, while 高み refers to an actual high place or elevated position.
Standard kanji spelling.
Ateji spelling; rarely used.
Derived from the adjective 高い (high) with the nominalizing suffix み, which forms nouns indicating a state or place.