可能 kěnéng

HSK level

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

Practice your Chinese writing skills and learn precisely where and when to draw every stroke of the
Chinese word 可能 kěnéng .
Press the Show Strokes button to see the strokes and their order and hit Start Drawing when you are
ready to practice writing it yourself.

Broaden your vocabulary by interacting with 5 audio-assisted sentences using the Chinese word 可能 kěnéng in different contexts.

就 jiù 我 wǒ 所 suǒ 知 zhī ,他 tā 拥有 yōngyǒu 三 Sān 栋 dòng 房子 fáng zi , 而且 érqiě 可 kě 能 Néng 拥有 yōngyǒu 更 gēng 多 duō .

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

夜间 yè jiān 这里 zhè lǐ 可能 kěnéng 很 hěn 冷 Lěng .

It can get quite cold here at night.

只 zhǐ 有 yǒu 高 Gāo 氯酸 lǜ suān 盐 yán 表现 biǎoxiàn 有显著 zhù 的 de 感度和 hé 可能 kěnéng 具有 jù yǒu 起爆 qǐ bào 性能 xìngnéng .

Only the perchlorate shows marked sensitiveness and possibly initiating properties.

瞬息 shùn xī 变换 biàn huàn 中 Zhōng , 相差 xiāngchà 一秒就 jiù 可能 kěnéng 产生 chǎnshēng 两 liǎng 种 zhǒng 完全 wánquán 不同 bù tóng 的 de 结局 jiéjú .

In a blink of an eye, two entirely different outcomes can occur.

火成 huǒ chéng 碎屑 suì xiè 崩 bēng 落 là 的 de 最 zuì 大 dà 危害 wēihài 可能 kěnéng 是 shì 炽热 chì rè 和 hé 窒息 zhì xī 作用 zuòyòng .

The greatest dangers of pyroclastic avalanches are probably heat and suffocation.

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