考 kǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 耂 — old, aged
- Made of
- 耂 old, aged 丂 obstruction of breath (qi)
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
考试
kǎoshì
exam; to take an exam
Characters in this word
试 shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 式 formula, pattern, rule, style, system
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 今天的考试很难。 Jīntiān de kǎoshì hěn nán. Today's exam was very hard.
- 我明天有考试。 Wǒ míngtiān yǒu kǎoshì. I have an exam tomorrow.
- 汉语考试不难。 Hànyǔ kǎoshì bù nán. The Chinese exam isn't hard.
Related words
- 考 kǎo to test, to take an exam
- 试 shì to try, to try on
- 班 bān class, team
- 教学楼 jiàoxuélóu classroom building
- 放学 fàngxué to finish classes (for the day)
- 教 jiāo to teach
- 上学 shàngxué to go to school
- 下课 xiàkè to finish class
- 上课 shàngkè to attend class, to start class
- 课文 kèwén text (of a lesson)
- 课本 kèběn textbook
- 课 kè lesson, class