考 means “think”

かんが · kanga

Also: consider, think over

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

かんがえる, かんがえ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

コウ

JLPT N4 · Taught in grade 2 · 6 strokes

The story

A bent figure leans on a staff, deep in thought: the elderly sage contemplating life's great questions beneath a pine tree.

Used in 考える (kangaeru, to think) and 参考 (sankou, reference)

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