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可

can
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingカ、コク
Kun reading-べ.き、-べ.し
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 5

Meanings

  1. canRtK
  2. passable
  3. approval
  1. acceptable
  2. satisfactory
  3. allowed
  4. permitted

Popular Usage

可能許可可決可成可愛い可哀想可笑しい可愛がる可愛らしい

Radicals and components

Radical口mouth囗variant
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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mouth (口) · street (行) · street (行) · nail · spike

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 97

Compound words

可能かのう
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
許可きょか
permission; approval; authorization; license
可決かけつ
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
可愛いかわいい
cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty
可哀想かわいそう
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
可愛がるかわいがる
to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to dote on; to show one's love (for); to cherish
可愛らしいかわいらしい
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
可否かひ
propriety; right and wrong; advisability; possibility; pro and con
可憐かれん
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
認可にんか
approval; license; licence; permission
不可ふか
wrong; bad; improper; unjustifiable; inadvisable
可燃性かねんせい
combustibility; inflammability; combustible; inflammable
可燃物かねんぶつ
combustibles; inflammables; flammables; burnables
可能性かのうせい
possibility; chance; likelihood; probability; potential
不可解ふかかい
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic
不可欠ふかけつ
indispensable; essential
不可侵ふかしん
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
不可能ふかのう
impossible
不可避ふかひ
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
不可分ふかぶん
atomic; indivisibility
設定可能せっていかのう
configurable
可能にするかのうにする
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
可能性が高いかのうせいがたかい
very likely; very probable
允可いんか
permission

Additional Examples

彼は徒歩でそこへ行くのは不可能だとわかった。
He found it impossible to go there on foot.tatoeba
彼は大学への入学が許可された。
He was admitted to the college.tatoeba
彼は大学に入学を許可された。
He was admitted to college.tatoeba
彼は早く帰る許可が与えられた。
He was granted permission to leave early.tatoeba
現在も通行可能。
Pedestrians can still walk through the tunnel today.wiki
チャージは可能。
Recharging is possible.wiki
枢密院はこれを受けて満場一致で準則を可決した。
The Privy Council adopted a motion for this regulation unanimously after receiving above reply.wiki
ワシントン条約締約国会議でEU案が可決、規制が確定した。
The EU resolution was passed at the Washington Convention Conference of the Parties, and regulations were established.wiki
可成は第五陣に附属し出陣。
Yoshinari marched out to battle affiliated with Nobunaga's Fifth Army.wiki
父は織田信長の家臣・森可成。
His father was Yoshinari MORI, a vassal of Nobunaga ODA.wiki
為三郎の証言によると22から23歳ぐらいで、可愛い女性だった。
According to Tamesaburo, she was pretty and looked like around twenty two or three years old,wiki
幼少の頃は池の魚や籠の鳥を可愛がるのを楽しみとしていた。
In his childhood, Iemochi enjoyed taking care of fish in a pond and caged birds.wiki

Stroke Order

5 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 可

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