Chinese symbol for “exam”
考试
kǎo shì
Traditional: 考試
to take an exam; exam; measure word: 次 (cì)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for exam is 考试 (kǎo shì), defined as: to take an exam; exam; measure word: 次 (cì).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 考试.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 考虑 (考慮) | kǎo lǜ | to think over; to consider |
| 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 |
| 测试 (測試) | cè shì | to test (machinery etc); to test (a person's skill in a particular area) |
| 试图 (試圖) | shì tú | to attempt; to try |
| 尝试 (嘗試) | cháng shì | to try (to see what it's like or whether one can do it) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “exam”.
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.