U+8003 "考" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
考
U+8003 "考" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that carries rich historical and linguistic meaning, primarily denoting the concepts of "to examine," "to test," or "to consider," as well as serving as a term for "deceased father" in traditional contexts. It is a common character in East Asian languages, particularly in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where it appears in words related to examinations, research, and filial piety, such as "考试" (exam) or "思考" (to think). Structurally, the character combines the radical for "old" (老) with a phonetic component, reflecting its ancient usage in texts like the Classic of Filial Piety and its evolution to represent both intellectual scrutiny and ancestral reverence.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8003 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 考 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 考 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x80 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8003 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008003 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8003 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A6D2 |
| kCCCII | 21525D |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4853 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4853 |
| kCangjie | JKYS |
| kCantonese | haau2 |
| kCihaiT | 1079.101 |
| kCowles | 957 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1408.010 |
| kDefinition | examine, test; investigate |
| kEACC | 21525D |
| kFanqie | 苦浩 |
| kFenn | 190C |
| kFennIndex | 245.05 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4420.7 |
| kGB0 | 3128 |
| kGB1 | 3128 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kGSR | 1041d |
| kHangul | 고:0E |
| kHanYu | 42779.020 |
| kHanyuPinlu | kǎo(334) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42779.020:kǎo |
| kHKGlyph | 3229 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1408.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42779.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0960.270 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3F3C |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A6D2 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-394D |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-CFEF |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-4D45 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4853 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6356 |
| kJapanese | コウ かんがえる |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:358 |
| kJapaneseKun | KANGAERU KANGAE |
| kJapaneseOn | KOU |
| kJis0 | 2545 |
| kKangXi | 0960.270 |
| kKarlgren | 311 |
| kKorean | KO |
| kLau | 1109 1110 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5072 |
| kMandarin | kǎo |
| kMatthews | 3299 |
| kMeyerWempe | 648 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ020753 MJ020753:E0102 MJ020754:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 28843:E0103 |
| kNelson | 3684 |
| kPhonetic | 425 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2015+125.4.2 V+13445+125.4.2 |
| kRSUnicode | 125.0 |
| kSBGY | 303.43 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+6537<kMatthews |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 542.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | kǎo粵haau2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5072 |
| kTang | kɑ̌u |
| kTGHZ2013 | 194.070:kǎo |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | khảo |
| kXerox | 244:167 |
| kXHC1983 | 0636.010:kǎo |