考
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to beat; to hit; variant of 考[kao3]; to inspect; to test; to take an exam
- HSK 3.0
- Level 1
- Old HSK
- Level 2
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 老 itself
- Structure
- Upper-left enclosure 左上包
- Traditional
- 考
- Common rank
- #663
- Unicode
- U+8003
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 考 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
耂 meaning “old” + 丂 sound ()
Components 耂 丂
How to remember it
take an exam · Heisig RSH #1030
Santa Claus + slingshot
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 考
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 考试 | to take an exam; exam; CL:次[ci4] | |
| 考古学家 | archaeologist | |
| 大学入学指定科目考试 | Advanced Subjects Test, university entrance exam that assesses candidates’ higher level kn… | |
| 考克斯 | (surname) Cox | |
| 斯考特 | Scott (name) | |
| 兰考县 | Lankao, a county in Kaifeng City 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 Shi4], Henan | |
| 考古学 | archaeology | |
| 考古家 | archaeologist | |
| 汉语水平考试 | HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test) | |
| 普通高等学校招生全国统一考试 | NCEE, National College Entrance Examination (college entrance exam in PRC); usually abbr. … | |
| 期中考 | mid-term exam | |
| 考克斯报告 | Cox Report; Report of the Select Committee on US National Security and Military-Commercial… | |
| 大考 | final exam; to take an end-of-term exam; (Tw) college entrance exam (abbr. for 大學入學考試|大学入学… | |
| 考区 | the exam area; the district where an exam takes place | |
| 国考 | (PRC) national civil service exam (abbr. for 國家公務員考試|国家公务员考试[guo2 jia1 gong1 wu4 yuan2 kao… | |
| 中考 | entrance exam for senior middle school | |
| 考中 | to pass an exam | |
| 考生 | exam candidate; student whose name has been put forward for an exam | |
| 小考 | quiz | |
| 考拉 | (loanword) koala |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 丂 — compare how they read.