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考验

kǎo yàn 3–4

to test; to put to the test; trial; ordeal

HSK level
HSK 3
HSK 2.0 level 6 · HSK 3.0 level 3
Characters
2
考 · 验
Syllables
2
kǎo yàn
Frequency
Less common
corpus count 3,850

Part of speech: vn,v

Character by character

  • 考kǎo6 strokesHSK 1examine, test; investigate
  • 验yàn10 strokesHSK 3 traditional 驗test, examine, inspect; verify

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 考验. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

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