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■ radical

kǎo

to test

How it’s built

Phonosemantic compound. 耂 represents the meaning and 丂 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "elderly father". The meaning later shifted to "examine" and "test".

meaning

old 耂 is a component form of 老.

sound

breath

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