可

Stroke order

EtymologyEdit

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Ideogram (指事) – possibly Simplified from 奇, eliminating 大 and using 可 for sound — compare 無 from 舞.

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 口 + phonetic 丂

ReferencesEdit

• "可" (in Mandarin), 字源. URL accessed on 2014-02-24.

Han characterEdit

可 (radical 30 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一弓口 (MNR), four-corner 1062₀, composition ⿹丁口)

1. may, can, -able / -ible
2. possibly

Derived charactersEdit

• 奇 哥 阿 苛

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 172, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3245
• Dae Jaweon: page 383, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 567, character 7
• Unihan data for U+53EF

HanziEdit

可 (Jyutping hak1, ho2, Yale hak1, ho2)

HanziEdit

可 (POJ khó (kho²), Hagfa Pinyim ko3)

ReferencesEdit

• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

KanjiEdit

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

ReadingsEdit

• On: か (ka), こく (koku)
• Kun: よい (yoi), べし (beshi), ばかり (bakari)

CompoundsEdit

NounEdit

可 (hiragana か, romaji ka)

1. passable

See alsoEdit

• べき

SuffixEdit

可 (hiragana か, romaji -ka)

1. permitted, allowed, licensed

HanjaEdit

可 (ga, geuk) (hangeul 가, 극, revised ga, geuk, McCune-Reischauer ka, kŭk)

HanziEdit

可 (Pinyin kě (ke3), Wade-Giles k'o³)

AdverbEdit

可 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin kě)

1. can, may, able to

   可能 (possibly), 可以 (can)

   他没有家可住。 tā méiyǒu jiā kě zhù.

   He had no place to live.

2. (particle used for emphasis)

   我可不太知道。 wǒ kě bù tài zhīdào.

   I don't really know.

VerbEdit

可 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin kě)

1. to approve, to permit

   许可

2. to suit

   可心

Usage notesEdit

In compounds, it allow to turn names and verbs into adjectives.

可吃 (edible), 可爱 (lovely), 可怜 (pitiful)

CompoundsEdit

HanziEdit

可 (TLPA khó (kho²), khónn (khonn²), khuá (khua²), khóo (khoo²))

ReferencesEdit

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

Han characterEdit

可 (khả, khá, tài)