Chinese Character 考 Meanings and components.

Form

考

Meaning

考 meaning[3] in English

To Beat.

To Hit.

Variant Of 考[Kao3].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 考 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (耂) , and 'breath' or 'sigh' … (丂)

Its radical[1] is: 老 (lao3) which means: Prefix Used Before The Surname Of A Person Or A Numeral Indicating The Order Of Birth Of The Children In A Family Or To Indicate Affection Or Familiarity, Old (Of People), Venerable (Person), Experienced, Of Long Standing, Always, All The Time, Of The Past, Very, Outdated, (Of Meat Etc) Tough, .老lao3prefix used …

In cangjie it is written with JKYS

How to write 考

To write考kao3to beat you should write a combination of 耂lao3 , 丂kao3'breath' or … arranged in a 吕 shape:

耂 + 丂 = 考

考 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 考 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 考, looks as follow:

考
Pinyin:kao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Beat . To Hit . Variant Of 考[Kao3] . To Inspect . To Test . To Take An Exam
耂
Pinyin:lao3
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
丂
Pinyin:kao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: 'Breath' Or 'Sigh' Component In Chinese Characters

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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