(kǎo) - to test, to examine; to ponder in Mandarin
kǎoTraditional: 考
#5282 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
to test, to examine; to ponder
Word origin
Originally a variant of 老 (lǎo, old) and once meaning an aged parent, the character was later borrowed for its sound to write the senses of to test and to ponder.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- derived from 老 (lǎo, old), borrowed for sound
Stroke order
考
Examples
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Let me think it over.
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I am considering this question.
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He is preparing for the exam.
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He has an exam next week.
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This exam really stumped me.
考 (kǎo) covers testing and pondering; it forms 考虑 (kǎolǜ), to consider, and 考试 (kǎoshì), exam.
Appears in 2 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 考.
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