考
- Kanji
- 考
- Level
- N3
- Meaning
- Consider, think, examine
- On'yomi
- コウ
- Kun'yomi
- かんが.える
- Strokes
- 6
- Common compounds
考える (かんがえる) to think 思考 (しこう) thought 参考 (さんこう) reference
- Memory hook
An old man (老 without the bottom part) is thinking deeply, using his mind (耂) to consider things.