可

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 5 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 口(くち)

Meaning

Possible / Permitted / Acceptable / Approved

  • 可能かのう — possible
  • 可決かけつ — approval / passage (of a motion)
  • 許可きょか — permission
  • 不可ふか — not allowed / unacceptable
  • 可視かし — visible
  • 可愛いかわい — cute (phonetic use of 可)

Built from 口 (mouth) and a 丁-derived component, 可 historically signals verbal assent or decree. By extension it means “permitted,” “acceptable,” or “possible,” and frequently appears as a bound morpheme indicating feasibility or approval.

このあん可決かけつされた。
The proposal was approved.

写真撮影しゃしんさつえい許可きょか必要ひつようです。
Photography requires permission.

許
Creates
許可きょか — permission
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