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Kanji Detail for 可 - "good, can, permit"

可

  • Meaning

    可 means "good, can, permit."

    1. Good - Acceptable; satisfactory.

    2. Permit - To allow; to give permission.

    3. Can - To be able to; expressing possibility.

    4. Should - Expressing advisability; ought to.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    can; passable; approval

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    may, can, -able; possibly

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; however

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    may, can, -able; possibly

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To permit. Opposite of 否. | Barely acceptable but with something lacking. (Analects) "Acceptable, but not as good as being poor yet joyful, rich yet loving propriety." | 可汗: An ancient foreign ruler's title. Xiongnu called theirs 單于; Turks called theirs 可汗, referring to their sovereign. 汗 is read like 韓.
  • Onyomitip

    ka(か) か

    koku(こく) こく

  • Kunyomitip

    be.shi(べし) べし

    yo.i(よい) よい

  • Strokestip

    5 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    口 (kuchi・kuchihen)

  • Related Keywords
    good acceptable permit allow can able possible should ought may approve consent agreeable satisfactory passable feasible viable appropriate suitable proper

Sentences including 可

  • It is next to impossible to go to school.

  • I think it impossible for us to beat him.

  • I got leave to go home.

  • To live without air is impossible.

  • It's almost impossible to work out this problem.

  • This plan is impossible to accomplish.

  • It is impossible to make her understand the theory.

  • There is no living on the island.

  • I think it possible for man to live on the moon.

  • He is impossible to beat.

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