可能 kěnéng

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Traditional form

可能 kěnéng

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

可 kě

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

The right component is a pictograph of an axe handle, now written as 柯 kē (kē). 口 kǒu (mouth) was added later to indicate that the character is only "mouthed", i.e. only used for its phonetic value.

Phonetic compound

口 kǒu

Semantic compound

丁 Dīng

Positional decomposition

⿻丁口

Number of Strokes

能 Néng

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a bear holding meat in its mouth. Based on the original meaning "bear". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "ability; power".

Positional decomposition

⿰⿱厶⺼⿱匕匕

Number of Strokes

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我 wǒ 认为 rènwéi 我们 wǒmen 已经 yǐjīng 准备 zhǔnbèi 好 hǎo 了 le 应付 yìngfu 每 měi 一种 yī zhǒng 可能 kěnéng 的 de 危险 wēixiǎn .

I think we have provided for every possible hazard.

他 tā 哪 nǎ 一 yī 天 tiān 都 dōu 有 yǒu 可能 kěnéng 突然 tūrán 死去 sǐ qù .

He could pop off any day now.

谁 shuí 都 dōu 不 bù 可能 kěnéng 怀疑 huáiyí 他 tā 所 suǒ 说 shuì 的话 de huà .

Nobody can possibly suspect what he says.

(谁 shuí 也 Yě )不 bù 可能 kěnéng 知道 zhīdào 会 huì 发生 fāshēng 什么 shénme 事 shì .

There's no telling what may happen.

比尔 Bǐ ěr 最近 zuìjìn 老 lǎo 喝 hē 醉 zuì , 我 wǒ 觉得 juéde 他 tā 可能 kěnéng 有 yǒu 什么 shénme 麻烦 máfan .

Bill has been hitting the bottle a lot lately. I think he has problems.

See the 6 Chinese characters that make up 可能 kěnéng and their own compounds.

可 kě

丁 Dīng

一 yī , 亅 jué

口 kǒu

能 Néng

月 yuè , 匕 bǐ , 厶 sī

See all 87 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 可能 kěnéng in their composition.

可 kě

何 Hé

荷 hé

嗬 hē

哥 gē

歌 gē , 鎶, 彁, 戨, 滒, 謌

奇 jī

猗 yī

漪 yī

骑 jì , 寄 jì , 椅 yǐ , 崎 qí , 畸 jī , 琦 qí , 倚 yǐ , 绮 qǐ , 犄 jī , 埼 qí , 旖 yǐ , 剞 jī , 掎 jǐ , 攲 qī , 敧 qǐ , 欹 yī , 觭 jī , 踦 jǐ , 锜 qí , 齮 yǐ , 婍, 徛, 旑, 渏, 碕, 綺 qǐ , 裿, 躸, 輢, 錡, 陭, 騎 qí , 鵸

阿 Ā

啊 ā , 婀 ē , 锕 ā , 屙 ē , 娿, 痾 kē , 錒 ā

河 hé

菏 hé

柯 kē , 呵 ā , 苛 kē , 坷 kě , 珂 kē , 诃 hē , 蚵 hé , 哿 gě , 妸 ē , 岢 kě , 牁 kē , 疴 kē , 砢 luǒ , 舸 gě , 轲 kē , 钶 ē , 抲, 炣, 牱, 竒, 笴, 胢, 袔, 訶 hē , 跒, 軻 kē , 酠, 鈳, 閜, 魺, 鲄, 鴚