The kanji 考: meaning, readings and stroke order

考

Meaning: think about
On reading: コウ kou
Kun reading: かんが（える） kangaeru
Strokes: 6
Radical: 老 old
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: suy nghĩ (khảo)
Japanese: かんがえる。
Korean: 생각하다 (고)
Chinese: 思考

Readings, words and example sentences

コウ kou · on reading

考こう案あん
to come up with, to invent
新しいあそびを 考こう案あんしました。
I came up with a new game.

かんが（える） kangaeru · kun reading

考かんがえる
to think
よく 考かんがえてから答えます。
I think carefully before I answer.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.