Mnemonic comic for 考

Translation

kǎo = k + ao3: to beat / to hit / variant of 考[kao3] / to inspect / to test / to take an exam

Mnemonic

A mnemonic is a short, deliberately ridiculous scene, built to be hard to forget. Who appears in it and where it takes place are how the pronunciation is stored; the objects in it stand for the parts the character is written with. That is the Marilyn Method, and the comic below is the same scene, drawn.

Mnemonic symbol: a multiple-choice answer sheet, for an exam.

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All translations for 考

kǎo = k + ao3
to beat / to hit / variant of 考[kao3] / to inspect / to test / to take an exam
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考
kǎo = k + ao3
to check / to verify / to test / to examine / to take an exam / to take an entrance exam for / deceased father
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How to pronounce 考

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= k initial

K is for Karl Marx.

By Matthias • updated 18 days ago
+ ao3 final

In the aorta’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 18 days ago

考 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
⺹
Character component without intrinsic meaning
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丂
kǎo = k + ao3
"breath" or "sigh" component in Chinese characters
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Characters with 考 as component

烤
kǎo = k + ao3
to roast / to bake / to broil
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拷
kǎo = k + ao3
to beat / to flog / to examine under torture / (computing) to copy (abbr. for 拷貝|拷贝[kao3 bei4])
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kào = k + ao4
shackles / fetters / manacle
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Words with 考

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to think over / to consider / consideration
to reflect on / to ponder over
to take an exam / exam / CL:次[ci4]
Sentences with 考
考 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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考
kǎo

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Prompt snippets

The multiple-choice answer sheet is a single crisp sheet of white paper printed in pale green ink with a grid of small oval bubbles in neat numbered rows, the letters A, B, C and D inside each row's bubbles; scattered bubbles are filled in solid black with pencil graphite. No title or header text.

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