考古 meaning in English

kǎogǔ

archaeology; to engage in archaeological studies

11 strokes

Meaning of 考古

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kǎogǔ
  1. archaeology
  2. to engage in archaeological studies

考古 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā从cóng事shì考kǎo古gǔ学xué工gōng作zuò。
He works in archeology.
汤tāng姆mǔ是shì位wèi考kǎo古gǔ学xué家jiā,在zài领lǐng导dǎo罗luó马mǎ附fù近jìn的de发fā掘jué项xiàng目mù。
Tom is an archaeologist leading the excavations near Rome.

Stroke order for each character

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考 kǎo · to check · 6 strokes

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  6. 6

古 gǔ · ancient · 5 strokes

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  5. 5

Related words

Words that share a character with 考古.

考试kǎoshìto take an exam; exam
考生kǎoshēngexam candidate; student whose name has been put forward for an exam
考验kǎoyànto test; to put to the test
古代gǔdàiancient times
考虑kǎolǜto think over; to consider
思考sīkǎoto reflect on; to ponder over
参考cānkǎoconsultation; reference
考察kǎocháto inspect; to observe and study
古老gǔlǎoancient; old
考核kǎohéto examine; to check up on
古典gǔdiǎnclassical
高考gāokǎocollege entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试[Pu3 tong1 Gao

Questions about 考古

What does 考古 mean?

考古 (kǎogǔ) means "archaeology; to engage in archaeological studies".

How do you write 考古?

考古 is made of 2 characters: 考 (6 strokes), 古 (5 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.