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Translingual

Stroke order
6 strokes
Stroke order

Han character

(Kangxi radical 125, +0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 十大卜尸 (JKYS), four-corner 44207, composition (GTV) or (H) or 丿(JK))

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 960, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28843
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1408, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2779, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+8003

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Variant of (OC *ruːʔ) – Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : (an old man with long hair, bent over) + (a cane) – an old man, leaning on a cane. Compare top component to (OC *qʰruːs).

Structurally related to (OC *ruːʔ); the most commonly cited example of 轉注 (“reciprocal meaning”).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (89)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter khawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɑuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰɑuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɑuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰawX/
Li
Rong
/kʰɑuX/
Wang
Li
/kʰɑuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰɑuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hou2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
kǎo
Middle
Chinese
‹ khawX ›
Old
Chinese
/*k-r̥ˁuʔ/
English old; deceased father

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 7404
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰluːʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage)

  1. long-lived; elderly
  2. deceased father; posthumous name for male relations
  3. to examine; to check
  4. to consider
      ―  kǎo  ―  to consider
  5. to study; to investigate
  6. to test; to assess
    數學能力 [MSC, trad.]
    数学能力 [MSC, simp.]
    Kǎo kǎo nǐ de shùxué nénglì. [Pinyin]
    Testing your maths prowess.
  7. to have a test; to have an exam
    滿分GRE满分GRE  ―  kǎo mǎnfēn GRE  ―  to get full marks on the GRE
    車牌 [Cantonese, trad.]
    车牌 [Cantonese, simp.]
    haau2 ce1, haau2 ce1 paai4 [Jyutping]
    to take a driver's license test
  8. exam; test

Compounds

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(deprecated template usage)


Japanese

Kanji

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. thought
  2. consideration

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 생각할 (saenggakhal go))

  1. Hanja form? of (to think).

Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) (khảo)

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