可

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

5 strokes Dict coverage rank #128 U+53EF

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

丁 (semantic, “vigorous”) + 口 (phonetic, kǒu)

components: 丁口

can · Heisig RSH #92

spike + 口 mouth

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 口

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 口 (kǒu) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
口 sound component	kǒu	mouth; entrance, gate, opening
扣	kòu	to detain; to knock, to tap; button
否	fǒu	no, not, un-; final particle
叩	kòu	to ask; to bow, to kowtow; to knock

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
无可无不可	wú kě wú bù kě	neither for nor against sth; indifferent
可行性	kě xíng xìng	feasibility
不可	bù kě	cannot; should not; must not
可不	kě bu	see 可不是[ke3 bu5 shi4]
可人	kě rén	pleasant; agreeable; a person after one's heart (charming person); a gifted person
不可数	bù kě shǔ	uncountable
可心	kě xīn	satisfying; to one's liking; to suit sb
可儿	kě ér	a person after one's heart (charming person); capable person
无可	wú kě	can't
小可	xiǎo kě	small; unimportant; (polite) my humble person
可有可无	kě yǒu kě wú	not essential; dispensable
可动	kě dòng	movable
不可一世	bù kě yī shì	(idiom) to consider oneself unexcelled in the world; to be insufferably arrogant
可行	kě xíng	feasible
安可	ān kě	encore (loanword)
可气	kě qì	annoying; irritating; exasperating
不可多得	bù kě duō dé	hard to come by; rare
不可开交	bù kě kāi jiāo	to be awfully (busy etc)
可分	kě fēn	can be divided (into parts); one can distinguish (several types)
可体	kě tǐ	well-fitting (of clothes)