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Kanji Detail for 考 - "think, consider, study"

  • Meaning

    考 means "think, consider, study."

    1. To think - To consider; to ponder; to deliberate.

    2. Father - Deceased father.

    3. To live long - To grow old.

    4. To examine - To test; to verify; to try.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    consider; think over

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    examine, test; investigate

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to beat; to hit; variant of 考[kao3]; to inspect; to test; to take an exam

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to test, to investigate, to examine

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Old age and longevity. Such as 壽考 (longevity). | A deceased father is called 考. Such as 顯考 (late father). | To examine. Such as 考據 (textual research), 考訂 (verify and correct). Originally written as 攷. | Examining scholars is called 考. Such as in the imperial examination era, 歲考 (annual examination), 科考 (provincial examination). Now schools have 學期考試 (term examinations), 畢業考試 (graduation examinations).
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Sentences including

  • Give me some time to think it over.

  • That he should think so is quite natural.

  • I think of watching tv as a waste of time.

  • I must put my ideas together before i take up a pen.

  • Put yourself in my place.

  • A good idea occurred to him.

  • I cannot help thinking that my son is still alive.

  • The trouble is that he thinks only of himself.

  • Oedipus thought for a long while.

  • His sister makes too much of fashion.

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