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consider
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingコウ
Kun readingかんが.える、かんが.え
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 2

Meanings

  1. considerRtK
  2. think over
  1. to think (about, of)
  2. to think over
  3. to ponder
  4. to contemplate
  5. to reflect (on)

Popular Usage

考える考え考慮参考

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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old man · slingshot · catapult

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1341

Compound words

考えるかんがえる
to think (about, of); to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to reflect (on)
考えかんがえ
thinking; thought; view; opinion; concept
考慮こうりょ
consideration; taking into account
参考さんこう
reference; consultation
考慮するこうりょする
to consider
考案こうあん
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance
考察こうさつ
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
考証こうしょう
investigation into historical evidence; study of historical artifacts
再考さいこう
reconsideration
思考しこう
thought; consideration; thinking
選考せんこう
selection; choice; screening
備考びこう
note (for reference); remarks; N.B.
考え方かんがえかた
way of thinking; point of view; opinion; approach (e.g. to a problem); attitude
考古学こうこがく
archaeology; archeology
参考書さんこうしょ
reference book; study-aid book; supplemental textbook; student handbook
考え直すかんがえなおす
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
考えてみればかんがえてみれば
if you think about it; come to think of it
一考いっこう
consideration
勘考かんこう
consideration
考按こうあん
plan
考妣こうひ
deceased parents
考覈こうかく
considering and examining
先考せんこう
(one's) late father
參考さんこう
reference

Kun Reading Examples

昔、地球は平らなものだと考えられていた。かんがえる
It used to be thought that the earth was flat.tatoeba
どんなことが起こっても私は考えを変えない。かんがえ
Come what may, I shall never change my mind.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は勉学に使わぬ時間は無駄にしたように考えた。
He looked upon any time not spent in study as so much lost time.tatoeba
彼は物事を真剣に考え過ぎる傾向にある。
He tends to consider things too much earnestly.tatoeba
彼は複雑なぜんまいじかけのおもちゃを考案した。
He devised a complicated clockwork toy.tatoeba
彼は父親よりも考え方が人間的である。
He is more human in thinking than his father.tatoeba
単なる記載漏れと考えるか。
This can be considered to be a simple omission.wiki
子どもの未来を考える議員連盟
Parliamentary Association for the Future of Childrenwiki
公家の叙爵にあたっては家格はある程度考慮された。
In conferring a peerage on kuge, its family status was taken into account to some extent.wiki
なお、七回の審理で決まらない場合も考慮されている。
It is also decided how to deal with the trials in which seven judges could not find the instructions.wiki

Stroke Order

6 strokes

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