to do textual research; to make textual criticism; to verify by means of research (esp. historical details); to take an exam to get a certificate (abbr. for 考取證件|考取证件[kao3 qu3 zheng4 jian4])
trad. 考證
Also written 考證【kǎo zhèng】
Characters in this word
2考
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to beat, to hit, variant of 考[kao3], to inspect, to test, to take an exam
- Pinyin
- kǎo
- Traditional
- 攷
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 6387 of 2500
证
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to admonish, variant of 證|证[zheng4]
- Pinyin
- zhèng
- Traditional
- 証
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 15744 of 2500