• 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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  • 899th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 30 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𠁼

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (lu:4)to think over • to consider • anxiety

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

考虑 (考慮)

Uncommon

思虑 (思慮)
忧虑 (憂慮)
深思熟虑 (深思熟慮)
无忧无虑 (無憂無慮)
焦虑 (焦慮)
焦虑症 (焦慮症)
疑虑 (疑慮)
远虑 (遠慮)
顾虑 (顧慮)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.