可(kě)

HSK 25 strokes
Readingskěkè

(prefix) can

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Character information

Pinyin
kě / kè
Meaning
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; however
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 2
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 可 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿻丁口

In this compound, the meaning comes from 丁 (vigorous); 口 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

丁dīng口kǒu

Parts are arranged overlaid.

How to write 可 step by step

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Words with 可

Common words using 可 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

jí即kě可
HSK 7-9

equivalent to 就可以; can then (do sth); can immediately (do sth); (do sth) an…

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bù不kě可sī思yì议
HSK 7-9

(idiom) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable

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bù不kě可

cannot; should not; must not

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kě可bù不

see 可不是[ke3 bu5 shi4]

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yī一cù蹴kě可jǐ几

to succeed at the first try (idiom)

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bù不kě可yī一shì世

(idiom) to consider oneself unexcelled in the world; to be insufferably arrogant

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bù不kě可gū估liang量

inestimable

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bù不kě可fēn分gē割

inalienable

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万且业为主举久乐

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即不思议一蹴几世

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