漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
考: consider, think over
JLPT N46 strokesGrade 2Your ink: 白 Not met
- 耂old(meaning)
- 丂(sound)
耂 carries the meaning · 丂 gives the sound
6 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 参考書さんこうしょreference book
- 考古学こうこがくarchaeology
- 考慮するこうりょするtake into consideration
- 思考するしこうするthink
- 選考するせんこうするscreen [v.t.]
かんがえるkangaeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 考えるかんがえるthink
かんがえkangae · kun'yomi
- 考えかんがえideas
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)耂 an old man with long hair, bent over + 丂 a walking cane
Variant of 老 – Ideogrammic compound (會意): 耂 (“an old man with long hair, bent over”) + 丂 (“a walking cane”) originally drawn as 匕 – an old man, leaning on a cane.
Source: Wiktionary, 考 (rev. 91916145), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Old (老) + a breath/effort. To use the wisdom of "age" to "consider" a problem deeply; the act of thinking that leads to a mature decision.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side考 consider · 丂
vs老 old man · 匕In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · kǎo
Same form: 考 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 考 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 考 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin kǎo most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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