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考
kǎo
1. to check
2. to verify
3. to test
4. to examine
5. to take an exam
6. to take an entrance exam for
7. deceased father
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 6 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

考
kǎo
to test, to investigate, to examine
HSK 2 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

高考
gāokǎo
college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for [[普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试<PǔtōngGāoděngXuéxiàoZhāoshēngQuánguóTǒngyīKǎoshì>]])
代考
dàikǎo
to take a test or exam for sb
备考
bèikǎo
(an appendix, note etc) for reference
查考
chákǎo
to examine
监考
jiānkǎo
to proctor (an exam)
研考
yánkǎo
to investigate
科考
kēkǎo
preliminary round of imperial examinations
统考
tǒngkǎo
unified examination (e.g. across the country)
考入
kǎorù
to pass entrance exam
考上
kǎoshàng
to pass a university entrance exam
考中
kǎozhòng
to pass an exam
考分
kǎofēn
grade
考勤
kǎoqín
exam records
考区
kǎoqū
the exam area
考卷
kǎojuàn
exam paper
考取
kǎoqǔ
to pass an entrance exam
考古
kǎogǔ
archaeology
HSK 6
考场
kǎochǎng
exam room
考完
kǎowán
to finish an exam
考官
kǎoguān
an examiner

Alternate Entries

考
kǎo
to beat / to hit / variant of [[考<kǎo>]] / to inspect / to test / to take an exam

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
494
Word Frequency Rank
548 of 84,292