考

Meaning

Think, consider · pensar, considerar

Readings

• On (音読み): コウ
• Kun (訓読み): かんが.える

Example words

• 考える（かんがえる）— to think about; to consider
• 考え（かんがえ）— idea; thought
• 参考（さんこう）— reference

Structure

Radical 老 written as 耂 here (おいかんむり · Old) · 6 strokes · school grade 2

Watch out

考える = to think something over, to reason (pensar en, reflexionar); an opinion or feeling is 思う: creo que está bien = いいと思う, while いいと考える sounds like a formal report. Spanish pensar/creer covers both, so default to 思う. Shares 耂 with 老 (old) and 者 (person) — picture an old man thinking.