可
possible; approve; can; passable; approval
5 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 314.
Readings
- カ (on reading): 可愛い (かわいい) cute; 可能性 (かのうせい) possibility
- コク (on reading)
- べき (kun reading): 井蛙は以って海を語る可からず (せいあはもってうみをかたるべからず) a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world
- べし (kun reading)
- Read as a whole word: 可惜身命 (あたらしんみょう) valuing one's body and life
Components
Kanji containing 可
- 何 what
- 河 river
- 阿 Africa
- 奇 strange
- 珂 jewel
- 呵 scold
- 苛 torment
- 柯 handle
- 竒 strange
- 哥 big brother
- 舸 large boat
- 訶 scold
- 軻 difficult progress
Words using 可
- 可愛い (かわいい) cute
- 可能性 (かのうせい) possibility
- 可能 (かのう) possible
- 許可 (きょか) permission
- 不可能 (ふかのう) impossible
- 井蛙は以って海を語る可からず (せいあはもってうみをかたるべからず) a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world
- 可惜身命 (あたらしんみょう) valuing one's body and life
415 words in all.