Is this an old, alternate or incorrect way of writing 考?


Is this form of writing 考える correct? It has an extra stroke which turns the
bottom portion into 与. I haven't seen it before and haven't been able to find
it after searching. If it is correct, what kind of form is it?

[![The 考える handwriting in question
](https://i.stack.imgur.com/69YPD.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/69YPD.jpg)




  1. 考(father) has similar meaning and pronunciation with 老(old men in family) in its original usage in Chinese. It's written like [![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WThrT.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WThrT.png) or [![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qXj0d.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qXj0d.png) in 《說文解字》. The ㄎ part is a cane or walking STICK supporting an old man.

  2. 與(give) or 与(the core part of 與) have completely different meaning although some part is written similarly. It was written like [![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ItGlw.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ItGlw.png) or [![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VWJZM.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VWJZM.png). The 与 part is FOOD or soup or drinks inside a bowl, we hold it with both hands politely to give (あげる).

  3. 攷 has its own meaning as knock or strike or hack. And was written like [![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/moO9x.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/moO9x.png), expressing that a hand makes use of a STICK to strike. This is why it has the same pronunciation as 考. However, this writing becomes rarely used in China, most of the time we borrow 考 to express 'strike' or the similar. So as to 考える in Japanese.

**Conclusion** : [![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FRzlM.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FRzlM.png)
doesn't make any sense. People writing this way just mix up two things.




Glyphwiki has
[![_](https://glyphwiki.org/glyph/n-gtwinppx_u8003.50px.png)](https://glyphwiki.org/glyph/n-gtwinppx_u8003.50px.png)
as an alternative glyph of [考](https://glyphwiki.org/wiki/u8003-ue0102), so it
looks like more than one person write the character that way. I have never
seen that, but perhaps it might not be so rare in calligraphy? (Bear in mind
that the wiki page provides no source, though.)

Fun fact: 攷 is an alternative form of 考 and it's still used in Japanese words
like 論攷.

