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Etymologically, 考 depicts an old man (耂, a reduced form of 老) leaning on a cane (丂), and was originally the same character as 老. In early usage it referred to an aged person or a deceased father, conveying seniority and ancestral reverence. The character was later borrowed phonetically for the unrelated sense of examining, testing, and verifying, the dominant modern meaning found in academic exams and rigorous evaluations.
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我今天有考试。
他正在考虑问题。
明天我们考数学。
她打算考研。
公司派人去考察市场。
他考取了清华大学。
如果你考虑清楚，就可以做决定。
经过仔细考察，我们终于找到了问题的根源。
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