Chinese symbol for “ordeal”
考验
kǎo yàn
Traditional: 考驗
to test; to put to the test; trial; ordeal
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ordeal is 考验 (kǎo yàn), defined as: to test; to put to the test; trial; ordeal.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “ordeal”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 考验.
| 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 |
| 经验 (經驗) | jīng yàn | experience; to go through; to experience |
| 实验 (實驗) | shí yàn | experiment; test |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ordeal”.
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.
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