考
kǎo HSK1

examine

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？

nǐ​men zài kǎo wǒ ma?

Are you testing me?

他考驾驶执照五次都没及格。

tā kǎo jià​shǐ​zhí​zhào 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
考 kǎo
to evaluate noun
to assess performance or achievements; to appraisal; to judge merit
long life
(literary) long life; old age
surname
a Chinese surname
to complete
(archaic) to finish or complete a construction project

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Frequency
Character
Written text
495th most common 427.3 per million
Movie subtitles
566th most common 247.9 per million appears in 66% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
24.3 per million appears in 7% of films
Written text
105.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+8003

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)