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考 — to check; to verify; to test

to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam

Pinyin
kǎo
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 考: 6 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

考 — 6 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 考 in the HSK syllabus: 14

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 考kǎoto beat; to hit; to inspect; to testHSK 2
  2. 考试kǎoshìto take an exam; examHSK 2
  3. 报考bàokǎoto enter oneself for an examinationHSK 4
  4. 高考gāokǎocollege entrance examHSK 4
  5. 考虑kǎolǜto think over; to consider; considerationHSK 4
  6. 考生kǎoshēngexam candidateHSK 4
  7. 参考cānkǎoconsultation; reference; to consult; to referHSK 5
  8. 思考sīkǎoto reflect on; to ponder overHSK 5
  9. 考察kǎocháto inspect; to observe and studyHSK 6
  10. 考古kǎogǔarchaeology; to engage in archaeological studiesHSK 6
  11. 考核kǎohéto examine; to check up on; to assess; to reviewHSK 6
  12. 考验kǎoyànto test; to put to the test; trial; ordealHSK 6
  13. 考查kǎocháto investigate; to studyHSK 7–9
  14. 考量kǎoliángto consider; to give serious consideration to sthHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.