# 考 U+8003 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8003

A Chinese character meaning “examine, test; investigate”, read kǎo in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `考` |
| Codepoint | U+8003 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8003 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `考` `考` |
| CSS | `\8003` |
| JavaScript | `\u8003` |
| UTF-8 | E8 80 83 |
| UTF-16 | 8003 |
| Definition | examine, test; investigate |
| Mandarin | kǎo |
| Cantonese | haau2 |
| Japanese | KOU KANGAERU KANGAE |
| Korean | KO |

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- 老 [U+8001 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8001](https://unicodekit.com/char/8001)
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- 翿 [U+7FFF CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FFF](https://unicodekit.com/char/7FFF)
- 耇 [U+8007 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8007](https://unicodekit.com/char/8007)
- 翾 [U+7FFE CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FFE](https://unicodekit.com/char/7FFE)
- 耈 [U+8008 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8008](https://unicodekit.com/char/8008)
- 翽 [U+7FFD CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FFD](https://unicodekit.com/char/7FFD)
- 耉 [U+8009 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8009](https://unicodekit.com/char/8009)

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