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可

can
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingカ、コク
Kun reading-べ.き、-べ.し
JōyōGrade 5
  1. acceptable
  2. satisfactory
  3. allowed
  4. permitted
  5. approval

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

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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

Stroke Order

5 strokes

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