• 495th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 95 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. kǎo (kao3)to check • to verify • to test • to examine • to take an exam • to take an entrance exam for • deceased father

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for kǎo (kao3)The component is pronounced as 'kǎo' (kao3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

思考 
考完 
考虑 (考慮)
考试 (考試)

Uncommon

参考 (參考)
监考 (監考)
考上 
考卷 
考古 
考场 (考場)
考官 
考察 
考生 
考研 
考核 (考覈)
考证 (考證)
考验 (考驗)
联考 (聯考)
补考 (補考)
高考 

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  • 826th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 211 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (he2)pit • stone • nucleus • nuclear • to examine • to check • to verify
2. (he2)to investigate

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (he2)The component is pronounced as 'hài' (hai4). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

审核 (審核)
核心 
核桃 

Uncommon

内核 (內核)
复核 (復覈)
核准 
核动力 (核動力)
核反应堆 (核反應堆)
核定 
核实 (核實)
核弹 (核彈)
核弹头 (核彈頭)
核桃仁 
核武 
核武器 
核爆炸 
核算 
核能 
核辐射 (核輻射)
核酸 
核电 (核電)
核电站 (核電站)
结核 (結核)
考核 (考覈)
肺结核 (肺結核)
苹果核 (蘋果核)
核对 (覈對)
核查 (覈查)
双核 (雙核)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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