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.

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An old phonetic symbol with no clear standalone meaning in modern ChinesePhonetic
Variant of 老Semantic

Words with 考

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

显考

xiǎn kǎo

honorific term for one's deceased father

高考

gāo kǎo

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[Pu3 tong1 Gao1 deng3 Xue2 xiao4 Zhao1 sheng1 Quan2 guo2 Tong3 yi1 Kao3 shi4])

高考移民

gāo kǎo yí mín

students who relocate to another region of China in order to gain an advantage on the college entrance exam

赴考

fù kǎo

to go and sit an examination

中考

zhōng kǎo

entrance exam for senior middle school

久经考验

jiǔ jīng kǎo yàn

well tested over a long period of time (idiom)

代考

dài kǎo

to take a test or exam for sb

伯邑考

bó yì kǎo

Bo Yikao, eldest son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2] and the elder brother of King Wu 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] who was the founder of the Zhou Dynasty 周朝[Zhou1 chao2] of ancient China

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