可 – can, passable, approval

5 strokesTaught in grade 5#314 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 可 means can, passable, approval. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カ、コク (ka, koku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is -べ.き、-べ.し (beki, beshi). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カ	ka
On’yomi	コク	koku
Kun’yomi	-べ.き	beki
Kun’yomi	-べ.し	beshi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: 一・口・亅.

Words using 可

可愛いかわいいcute可かacceptable可能かのうpossible許可きょかpermission不可ふかwrong可愛そうかわいそうpoor可愛らしいかわいらしいlovely可決かけつapproval可愛がるかわいがるto be affectionate to不可欠ふかけつindispensable

Example sentences

この試験は辞書持ち込み可です。

You can use a dictionary for this exam.

Tatoeba #221703

男の子へのしつけは可能である。

Boys can be trained to behave.

Tatoeba #127251

ここでの喫煙は許可されていません。

Smoking is not permitted here.

Tatoeba #224646

Kanji with the same radical

同合員問和名向告品各台口営商味命

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