考

kǎo

to check

to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father

elder (耂) + sound kǎo (丂) = to test and examine

The elder radical anchors the idea of an authoritative figure scrutinizing or questioning. 丂 contributes the sound kǎo rather than meaning.

耂+丂→考
丂An old phonetic symbol with no clear standalone meaning in modern ChinesePhonetic
耂Variant of 老Semantic

这次考试题目不难,大家都考得不错。

zhè cì kǎo shì tí mù bù nán, dà jiā dōu kǎo de bù cuò.

The questions on this exam were not hard, and everyone did pretty well.

他努力复习了一个月,终于考上了那所大学。

tā nǔ lì fù xí le yī gè yuè, zhōng yú kǎo shàng le nà suǒ dà xué.

He studied hard for a month and finally passed the entrance exam for that university.

Words with 考

会考

huì kǎo

unified examination

投考

tóu kǎo

to sign up for an examination

考究

kǎo jiū

to investigate

考试

kǎo shì

to take an exam

久经考验

jiǔ jīng kǎo yàn

well tested over a long period of time (idiom)

考证

kǎo zhèng

to do textual research

准考证

zhǔn kǎo zhèng

(exam) admission ticket

兰考县

lán kǎo xiàn

Lankao, a county in Kaifeng City 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 Shi4], Henan

考纲

kǎo gāng

exam outline (outline of the content of an exam, published prior to the exam as a guide for examinees) (abbr. for 考試大綱|考试大纲[kao3 shi4 da4 gang1])

考绩

kǎo jì

to check up on sb's achievements

闭卷考试

bì juàn kǎo shì

closed-book examination

开考

kāi kǎo

to begin an exam

More characters with 耂

老孝者