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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kě | ke3
English translation
can
may
able to
to approve
to permit
to suit
(particle used for emphasis) certainly
very
see 可汗 kè hán [kè hán]
may, can, -able; possibly

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

vigorous

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

丁口

Semantic compound

Dīng

Phonetic compound

kǒu

Explanation

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

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dāng 所有 suǒyǒu de 庄稼 zhuāngjia dōu 安全 ānquán 入仓 Hòu , 农民 nóngmín men 便 biàn 可以 kěyǐ 休息 xiūxi le .

When all the crops are safely gathered in, the farmers can rest.

dōu yún Hòu shǎng Ōu qín 即可 jí kě 食用 shí yòng .

Toss to mix through then over with the chopped parsley before serving.

他们 tā men de 聚会 jùhuì lòng le ,这个 zhè ge zuì 怎么 zěnme péi 得起 ya ?

How can I ever make amends for ruining their party?

jiù suǒ zhī ,拥有 yōngyǒu Sān dòng 房子 fáng zi , 而且 érqiě Néng 拥有 yōngyǒu gēng duō .

To my knowledge he owns three houses, and he may own more.

zài 转角 zhuǎn jiǎo chǔ de 餐饮 cān yǐn tān le bēi 百事可乐 Bǎi shì Kě lè .

I had a pepsi at a refreshment booth round the corner.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
可以 kěyǐ can可以 kěyǐ
can
可能 kěnéng possible可能 kěnéng
可是 kěshì but可是 kěshì
可爱 kěài adorable可愛
不可 bù kě cannot不可 bù kě
可怜 kělián pitiful可憐
可怕 kěpà awful可怕 kěpà
不可能 bù kě néng impossible不可能 bù kě néng
可惜 kěxī it is a pity可惜 kěxī
即可 jí kě equivalent to 就可以即可 jí kě
可能性 kě néng xìng possibility可能性 kě néng xìng
可见 kějiàn clear可見
不可思议 bùkěsīyì unfathomable不可思議
可靠 kěkào reliable可靠 kěkào
认可 rènkě to approve認可
可不 kě bu exactly!可不 kě bu
尽可能 jǐn kě néng as far as possible儘可能
可笑 kě xiào funny可笑 kě xiào
许可 xǔkě to allow許可
可谓 kě wèi it could even be said可謂
许可证 xǔ kě zhèng license許可證
可疑 kě yí suspicious可疑 kě yí
可恶 kěwù vile可惡
可悲 kě bēi lamentable可悲 kě bēi

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