考

Information about character(s)

Radical: 老
Radical Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 6
Variants: 攷

Pronunciation

Pinyin: kǎo
Cantonese: haau2
JapaneseKun: KANGAERU KANGAE
JapaneseOn: KOU
Korean: KO
Vietnamese: khảo

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: examine, test; investigate

CE-Dict: to check/to verify/to test/to examine/to take an exam/to take an entrance exam for/deceased father

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to give an exam, test, etc.
2.to take an exam, test, etc.
3.to investigate; to verify

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: check; give or take an examination; study; verify

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: check; give or take an examination; study; verify

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《老部》考老也。从老省，丂聲。

康熙字典文字版 【未集中】【老字部】考
〔古文〕攷【唐韻】【廣韻】【集韻】【類篇】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤苦浩切，音栲。【說文】老也。从老省，丂聲。【說文序】轉注者，建類一首，同意相受，考老是也。【佩觿】考从丂。丂，苦杲反。老从匕。匕，火霸反。裴務齊切韻序云：左回右轉，非也。【毛晃增韻】老字下从匕，考字下从丂，各自成文，非反匕爲丂也。【書·洪範】五曰考終命。【詩·大雅】周王壽考。　又【爾雅·釋親】父爲考。【釋名】父死曰考。考，成也。亦言槁也，槁于義爲成，凡五材，膠漆陶冶皮革，乾槁乃成也。【易·蠱卦】有子考無咎。【禮·曲禮】死曰考。　又【廣雅】考，問也。【易·復卦】敦復無悔，中以自考也。【詩·大雅】考卜維王。【傳】考，猶稽也。　又【書·周官】考制度于四岳。【註】考正制度。　又【詩·衞風】考槃在㵎。【傳】考，成也。【左傳·隱五年】考仲子之宮。【註】成仲子之宮。　又【詩·唐風】子有鐘鼓，弗鼓弗考。【傳】考，擊也。　又【淮南子·汜論訓】夏后氏之璜，不能無考。【註】考，瑕釁。　又【楚辭·九歎】身憔悴而考旦兮。【註】考，猶終也。　又姓。【廣韻】出何氏姓苑。　又【韻補】叶去九切。【邊讓·章華賦】衆變已盡，羣樂旣考。攜西子之弱腕兮，援毛嬙之素肘。　又【韻補】叶口舉切。【易林】周旋歩驟，行中規矩。正恩有節，延命壽考。
考證：〔【佩觿】考从丂。丂，苦果反。〕　謹照原文苦果反改苦杲反。

Buddhism words and phrases think, plan, reflect on

CF-Dict: examiner/interroger/subir un examen

Han-De-Dict: prüfen, testen (u.E.) (V)