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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)

代考
dàikǎo
to take a test or exam for sb
备考
bèikǎo
(an appendix, note etc) for reference
参考
cānkǎo
consultation
HSK 5
报考
bàokǎo
to enter oneself for an examination
寿考
shòukǎo
long life
小考
xiǎokǎo
quiz
待考
dàikǎo
under investigation
思考
sīkǎo
to reflect on
HSK 5
应考
yìngkǎo
to take an exam
投考
tóukǎo
to sign up for an examination
招考
zhāokǎo
to advertise an entrance examination for an academic institution (old)
普考
pǔkǎo
examination for lower levels of Taiwan government service (short for [[普通考試|普通考试<pǔtōngkǎoshì>]])
会考
huìkǎo
unified examination
期考
qīkǎo
end of term examination
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

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