攷 kǎo HSK1 examine Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 考 kǎo frequency variant 攷 to investigate verb to study; to research; to investigate or verify through evidence to test verb to give or take an exam; to test someone's knowledge or skill; to check if someone knows something 你们在考我吗？ nǐmen zài kǎo wǒ ma? Are you testing me? 他考驾驶执照五次都没及格。 tā kǎo jiàshǐzhízhào wǔ cì dōu méi jí gé. He failed his driving test five times. to examine to check; to inspect; to observe such as for attendance or presence deceased father (bound form) one's deceased father; used in formal or ritual contexts to beat (archaic) to beat or strike; to hit a drum or bell; also used as a variant for 拷 kǎo meaning to torture 攷 kǎo to examine to test or examine; to take an examination; same as 考 kǎo to strike (literary) to beat or strike, such as a drum or musical instrument to check to verify, audit, or check; to investigate; same as 考 kǎo to research (literary) to study or research; to investigate; same as 考 kǎo Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 24.3 per million appears in 7% of films Written text 105.8 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 1 Strokes 6 Unicode U+6537 Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
考 kǎo frequency variant 攷 to investigate verb to study; to research; to investigate or verify through evidence to test verb to give or take an exam; to test someone's knowledge or skill; to check if someone knows something 你们在考我吗？ nǐmen zài kǎo wǒ ma? Are you testing me? 他考驾驶执照五次都没及格。 tā kǎo jiàshǐzhízhào wǔ cì dōu méi jí gé. He failed his driving test five times. to examine to check; to inspect; to observe such as for attendance or presence deceased father (bound form) one's deceased father; used in formal or ritual contexts to beat (archaic) to beat or strike; to hit a drum or bell; also used as a variant for 拷 kǎo meaning to torture 攷 kǎo to examine to test or examine; to take an examination; same as 考 kǎo to strike (literary) to beat or strike, such as a drum or musical instrument to check to verify, audit, or check; to investigate; same as 考 kǎo to research (literary) to study or research; to investigate; same as 考 kǎo Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions
