IDENTITY
考kǎoto test; to examine
HSK 2Top 460
CORE MEANING
to test; to examine
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to take a testHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 老old radical (lǎo)
- strokes
- 6
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿸耂丂
- old-person element
- breath element
USAGE
Common words
考试kǎoshìexam
考虑kǎolǜto consider
高考gāokǎocollege entrance exam
Graded examples
他考得很好。Tā kǎo de hěn hǎo.HSK2
He did very well on the test.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
An elder (耂) leaning on his breath (丂) — examining one’s learning.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #460
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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