可爱 kěài

HSK level

Traditional form

可愛

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

爱 ài

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of 愛 ài .

Positional decomposition

⿱⿱爫冖友

Number of Strokes

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人 rén 遇到 yùdào 喜事 xǐ shì , 连 Lián 天气 tiānqì 也好了 le ,他 tā 似乎 sìhū 没见过 Guò 这样 zhè yàng 可爱 kěài 的 de 冬晴.

When one is happy, even the weather seems extra fine.

这 zhè 平 Píng 铺 pù 着 zhāo , 厚 hòu 积 jī 着 zhāo 的 de 绿 lǜ ,着实 zhuó shí 可爱 kěài .

This smooth - spread, compact green is utterly charming.

她 tā 冲 chōng 他 tā 撅 juē 着 zhāo 嘴 zuǐ ,样子 yàngzi 很 hěn 可爱 kěài .

She pouted prettily at him.

秋宝是 shì 天 tiān 天 tiān 成长 chéngzhǎng 的 de 非常 fēicháng 可爱 kěài 地 de 离不开 lí bu kāi 他 tā 底 de 母亲 mǔqīn 了 le .

Qiu Bao daily grew handsomer and more attached to his mother.

当 dāng 他 tā 表示 biǎoshì 要 yāo 把 bǎ 那 Nā 匹 pī 可爱 kěài 的 de 小 xiǎo 矮 ǎi 种马 zhǒng mǎ 给 gěi 她 tā 的 de 时候 shíhou ,她 tā 娇滴滴 jiāo dī dī 地叹了 le 口 kǒu 气 qì ,谢绝 xièjué 了 le .

She refused the dear little pony with such a delicate sigh when he offered it.

See the 6 Chinese characters that make up 可爱 kěài and their own compounds.

可 kě

丁 Dīng

一 yī , 亅 jué

口 kǒu

爱 ài

友 yǒu

又 yòu , 𠂇

爫 zhǎo

See all 92 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 可爱 kěài 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