可 — possible, can, approval

か可 possible

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 5 strokes

U+53EF Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #314 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #93 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

possible
can
approval

word

か ka On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

可(か) ka acceptable 可(か) 能(のう) kanou possible 許(きょ) 可(か) kyoka permission 不(ふ) 可(か) 能(のう) fukanou impossible 可(か) 愛(わい) い kawaii cute 不(ふ) 可(か) 欠(けつ) fukaketsu indispensable 不(ふ) 可(か) fuka impossible 可(か) 決(けつ) kaketsu approval

お o Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

可(お) 笑(か) しい okashii funny

Appears in idioms

不可思議四字熟語

negative, possible, think, deliberation

不可抗力四字熟語

negative, possible, confront, power

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

ちょう丁 nail

くち口 mouth #30

Used as component in (4)

なに何 what かわ河 river き奇 strange いら苛 torment

Compound ideograph (会意). 口 (mouth) beside 丁 (nail/stake, used phonetically). To voice approval — possible, can.

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#30 口 mouth