Kanji 可 — "Possible"
Here is what 可 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Possible" stick.
Also means: Passable
How it is read
か, こく
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
-べ.き, -べ.し
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
In this Town Block, people with big Mouths think anything is Possible!
- 口 Mouth
This square shape is a Mouth. When you see it, think of a mouth. It's a mouth that's wide open, telling you something.
- 丁 Town Block
An intersection in the Town Block. You might not see it, but I want you to imagine there are buildings flanking both sides of the street.
Words that use 可
11 of 11 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 可愛い かわいい cute
- 不可能 ふかのう impossible, unable to (do)
- 可能 かのう possible, practicable, feasible
- 許可 きょか permission, approval
- 可愛がる かわいがる to love, to be affectionate (v.t.)
- 可愛らしい かわいらしい lovely, sweet
- 可 か passable, acceptable
- 不可欠 ふかけつ indispensable, essential
- 不可 ふか wrong, bad, impossible
- 可決 かけつ approval, adoption (e.g., motion, bill), passage
- 可愛そう かわいそう poor, pitiable, pathetic
Want 可 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
