考证学 kǎozhèngxué textual criticism Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 考证 考證 kǎozhèng verify to conduct textual research or verify historical facts and documents by checking reliable evidence学 學 xué nounaffix branch of learning (bound form) a subject or branch of study; often used as a suffix for -logy, -ics, or -science