高等 (こうとう, koutou) Japanese meaning: high class

高等 (こうとう, koutou) Japanese meaning: high class | Kotomora

Kanji

高こう級きゅうN3
高等 refers to an advanced level or rank, especially in education or technical hierarchy (高等教育), while 高級 emphasizes luxury or premium quality, as in 高級車 (a luxury car).
上じょう等とうN3
上等 describes something superior or first-rate in quality, often for goods, whereas 高等 is a more formal term for an advanced level or rank, as in schooling or biological classification.
高こう尚しょうN1
高尚 describes refined, lofty tastes or ideas (e.g. 高尚な趣味), while 高等 refers to an advanced level or rank within a structured hierarchy such as education.
高こう度どN2
高等 means advanced or high-level, especially in education or rank, while 高度 more broadly describes a high degree of technical or intellectual complexity.

初しょ等とう
初等 means elementary or primary (e.g. 初等教育), the direct opposite of 高等's advanced or higher level (高等教育).
下か等とうN1
高等 means high-grade or advanced, the direct opposite of 下等's low-grade or inferior sense.

高こう騰とう
高等 (same reading こうとう) means high-grade or advanced and has nothing to do with 高騰's sense of a sharp price surge.
高こう級きゅうN3
高等 means advanced or higher-level (as in 高等学校), while 高級 means high-class or luxurious; the two look similar but describe different things.
強ごう盗とうN3
高等 (こうとう, 'advanced/high-level') sounds similar to 強盗 (ごうとう) but has a completely unrelated meaning.

Compound of 高 (high) and 等 (class, grade). The word follows a standard Sino-Japanese pattern for expressing hierarchical levels.