Chinese symbol for “archaeologist”
考古学家
kǎo gǔ xué jiā
Traditional: 考古學家
archaeologist
The closest CC-CEDICT match for archaeologist is 考古学家 (kǎo gǔ xué jiā), defined as: archaeologist.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “archaeologist”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 考古学家.
| 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 |
| 古代 | gǔ dài | ancient times |
| 古老 | gǔ lǎo | ancient; old |
| 学生 (學生) | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
| 国家 (國家) | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
See also: Japanese symbol for “archaeologist”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.