可
See also: 句
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TranslingualEdit
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Han characterEdit
可 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一弓口 (MNR), four-corner 10620, composition ⿹丁口)
Derived charactersEdit
- 何, 呵, 坷, 妸, 𡥚, 㞹, 𪫧, 抲, 河, 阿, 柯, 炣, 牁, 牱, 珂, 胢, 砢, 袔, 䋍, 舸, 蚵, 訶(诃), 跒, 軻(轲), 酠, 鈳(钶), 䯊, 魺(鲄), 鴚, 䶗
- 㪃, 㪼, 㰤, 㐓, 哥, 𪡑, 𠶘, 𠽚, 𠾳, 奇, 岢, 苛, 㱒, 𤕒, 𤔄, 𪜄, 竒, 哿, 笴, 疴, 㫊, 閜(𬮠), 㑸
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 172, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3245
- Dae Jaweon: page 383, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 567, character 7
- Unihan data for U+53EF
ChineseEdit
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Glyph originEdit
Historical forms of the character 可 | ||||||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Spring and Autumn | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) | |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Qin slip script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Old Chinese | |
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砢 | *ɡ·raːlʔ |
柯 | *kaːl |
菏 | *kaːl, *ɡaːl |
牁 | *kaːl |
滒 | *kaːl |
哥 | *kaːl |
歌 | *kaːl |
謌 | *kaːl |
鴚 | *kaːl |
哿 | *kaːlʔ |
舸 | *kaːlʔ |
笴 | *kaːlʔ, *kaːnʔ |
軻 | *kʰaːl, *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls |
珂 | *kʰaːl |
可 | *kʰaːlʔ |
岢 | *kʰaːlʔ |
坷 | *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls |
蚵 | *kʰaːls, *ɡaːl |
呵 | *qʰaːl, *qʰaːls |
訶 | *qʰaːl |
抲 | *qʰaːl |
荷 | *qʰaːls, *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ |
何 | *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ |
河 | *ɡaːl |
苛 | *ɡaːl |
魺 | *ɡaːl |
袔 | *ɡaːls |
阿 | *qaːl |
妸 | *qaːl, *qaːlʔ |
疴 | *qaːl, *kʰraːls |
鈳 | *qaːl |
娿 | *qaːl, *qaːlʔ |
痾 | *qaːl |
跒 | *kʰraːlʔ |
閜 | *qʰraːlʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰaːlʔ): semantic 口 + phonetic 丂 (OC *kʰluːʔ).
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-kal ~ *s-gal (“back (lower); kidney; load; carry”) (STEDT). Cognate with 荷 (OC *qʰaːls, *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ, “to carry”). See there for more.
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
可
- can; may; be able to
- to approve; to permit
- to fit; suit
- to be worth doing
- but; however
- Particle used for emphasis.
- (archaic) Used in questions for emphasis.
- Used in rhetorical questions for emphasis.
- Used in declarative sentences for emphasis.
- Used in exclamatory sentences for emphasis.
- Used in imperative sentences for emphasis.
- (literary) about; around
- (literary) to recover completely (from an illness)
Usage notesEdit
When Mandarin speakers wish to imitate the sound of the dialectal pronunciation of 可 in written form, the character 闊/阔 (kuò) is often used to substitute for 可.
- 闊以/阔以 ― kuòyǐ ― imitates the sound of 可以 (kěyǐ) in dialectal Chinese
- 闊落/阔落 ― kuòluò ― imitates the sound of 可樂/可乐 (kělè) in dialectal Chinese
CompoundsEdit
Derived terms from 可
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Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
可
- Only used in 可汗 (kèhán).
Etymology 3Edit
For pronunciation and definitions of 可 – see 嗬 (“(Cantonese) Sentence-final particle used in an interrogative seeking confirmation”). (This character, 可, is a variant form of 嗬.) |
JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
可
ReadingsEdit
- Go-on: か (ka, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: か (ka, Jōyō)
- On: こく (koku)
- Kun: よい (yoi, 可い); べし (beshi, 可し); ばかり (bakari)
CompoundsEdit
Compounds of 可
- Common
- 可否 (kahi)
- 可決 (kaketsu)
- 可也 (kanari)
- 可能 (kanō)
- 可愛い (kawaii)
- 可哀相 (kawaisō)
- 不可 (fuka)
- 許可 (kyoka)
- 認可 (ninka)
- Uncommon
- 可き (beki)
- 可とする (katosuru)
- 可分 (kabun)
- 可聴 (kachō)
- 可動 (kadō)
- 可読 (kadoku)
- 可逆 (kagyaku)
- 可変 (kahen)
- 可燃 (kanen)
- 可憐 (karen)
- 可算 (kasan)
- 可視 (kashi)
- 可塑 (kaso)
- 可溶 (kayō)
- 加圧性 (kaatsusei)
- 可換環 (kakankan)
- 可換群 (kakangun)
- 可処分 (kashobun)
- 印可 (inka)
- 半可 (hanka)
- 裁可 (saika)
- 成る可く (narubeku)
- Archaic / rare
EtymologyEdit
Kanji in this term |
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可 |
か Grade: 5 |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 可 (MC kʰɑX).
NounEdit
SuffixEdit
KoreanEdit
Etymology 1Edit
HanjaEdit
Etymology 2Edit
HanjaEdit
可 (eumhun 오랑캐 극 (orangkae geuk))
VietnameseEdit
Han characterEdit
可: Hán Nôm readings: khả, khá, tài
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