考 — Chinese character
考
kǎo
to test, to investigate, to examine
- Pinyin
- kǎo
- Radical
- 125 ⽼ (Old)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 耂 丂
- Formation
- pictophonetic — old; meaning component 耂; sound component 丂
- Japanese
- 考 as a kanji
Common words with 考
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 考虑 (考慮) | kǎo lǜ | to think over; to consider |
| 考试 (考試) | kǎo shì | to take an exam; exam |
| 参考 (參考) | cān kǎo | consultation; reference |
| 思考 | sī kǎo | to reflect on; to ponder over |
| 考察 | kǎo chá | to inspect; to observe and study |
| 考核 | kǎo hé | to examine; to check up on |
| 考验 (考驗) | kǎo yàn | to test; to put to the test |
| 考生 | kǎo shēng | exam candidate; student whose name has been put forward for an exam |
| 高考 | gāo kǎo | college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等学校招生全国统一考试 (Pǔ tōng Gāo děng Xué xiào Zhāo shēng Quán guó Tǒng yī Kǎo shì)); (Tw) entrance exam for senior go |
| 考古 | kǎo gǔ | archaeology; to engage in archaeological studies |
| 考量 | kǎo liáng | to consider; to give serious consideration to sth |
| 报考 (報考) | bào kǎo | to enter oneself for an examination |
English words written with 考
考 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 2 · Mencius 4 · Zhuangzi 3 · Doctrine of the Mean 2
- Hexagram 10
- Hexagram 18
- Mencius 2B.13
- Mencius 5A.4
- Mencius 6A.14
- Mencius 7B.37
- Zhuangzi The Universe
- Zhuangzi Self-Conceit
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