HSK 6 · Work

考核 kǎohé “to assess” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 考核 means

  1. to assess
  2. to evaluate
  3. assessment
  4. to examine
  5. to check up on
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to review
  • appraisal

How to say 考核

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale考kǎo3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale核hé2nd tone, rising

考核 in a sentence

  1. 公司每年对员工进行一次考核。

    Gōngsī měinián duì yuángōng jìnxíng yí cì kǎohé.

    The company assesses its staff once a year.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他顺利通过了考核。

    Tā shùnlì tōngguò le kǎohé.

    He passed the assessment without any trouble.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 考核 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 考 (kǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
考kǎoto beat
  • 耂old form of 老 · lǎoMeaning part
  • 丂part of the characterSound part

Memory aid考 and 老 share the top 耂 and once both meant “old”. Today 考 means to test.

The character 核 (hé) with each of its parts in a different colour
核hépit
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 亥part of the characterSound part

How to write 考核

考 6 strokes · 核 10 strokes

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考核 (kǎohé) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 考核 (kǎohé). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 考核

Words with 考

考kǎo · to take an exam考试kǎoshì · exam考虑kǎolǜ · to think over参考cānkǎo · to consult思考sīkǎo · to reflect on考察kǎochá · to investigate考古kǎogǔ · archaeology考验kǎoyàn · to test

Words with 核

核心héxīn · core

More words: Work & Career

就职jiùzhí · to take office纪要jìyào · summary决策juécè · to make a policy decision开除kāichú · to expel客户kèhù · client落实luòshí · to put into effect派遣pàiqiǎn · to dispatch评估pínggū · to evaluate

FAQs

考核 (kǎohé) means “to assess” or “to evaluate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kǎohé: kǎo with a 3rd tone, then hé with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 考核 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kaohe with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 考核 from the suggestions. Typing kaohe into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
考核 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.