Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
考 was drawn as an old man with messy hair 耂 walking with a cane 丂, so it first meant 'old man.' 丂 later became the sound part. The meaning grew to 'to become, achieve', 'to understand by testing', 'to test', and 'to think, consider.'
Drawn as: old man with cane
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