考 — think, consider

かんがえる考 think

Grade 2 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 6 strokes mind

U+8003 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #196 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1253 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

think
consider

word

かんが kanga Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

考(かんが) える kangaeru to think 考(かんが) え kangae thought 考(かんが) え方(かた) kangaekata way of thinking 考(かんが) え直す(なお) kangaenaosu to reconsider 考(かんが) え出(だ) す kangaedasu to think up

こう kou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

思(し) 考(こう) shikou thinking 考(こう) 古(こ) 学(がく) koukogaku archaeology 考(こう) kou thought 参(さん) 考(こう) sankou reference 考(こう) 察(さつ) kousatsu consideration 選(せん) 考(こう) senkou selection 考(こう) 案(あん) kouan devising 再(さい) 考(こう) saikou reconsideration

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

耂 old (top component)

丂 breath

Used as component in (1)

ごう拷 torture

Phono-semantic compound (形声). 耂 (old, a bent-over figure) gives the meaning. 丂 (kō) provides the phonetic. To think and consider.

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#125 老 old