00646 Chinese character of 考 and pronounce haau2

The Chinese character【考】is a word that describes an action or process, and is mainly used for the following meanings:

Test or inspect.

Here is the phonetic guide for pronouncing this Chinese character.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【考】:kǎo

Cantonese Jyutping of 【考】:haau2

This provides fundamental insights into the meaning of the character 【考】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【考】, for example:Describe an action or process , It means mainly to test or examine .The elaborate meanings of Chinese characters allow for specialized applications that might not be fully expressed here.

【考】appears simple on its own, but when linked to other words, it creates nuanced phrases, like【考試、考核】(Mandarin Pinyin:kǎo shì 、kǎo hé/ Cantonese Jyutping:haau2 si3 、haau2 hat6)

This character consists of 6 individual strokes,It is a highly common and fundamental Chinese character that must be learned,Here’s a practical example using this character.:


學生正在準備期末考試。

Students are preparing for their final exams.


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