可 (can, do not, mustn't, passable, should not) - Kanji Codex

可

can, do not, mustn't, passable, should not

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

カコク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

-べ.き-べ.し

Nanori (名乗り)

よし

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:5

Strokes:5

JLPT:N/A

Frequency:314

Vocabulary

カ

Word	Reading	Meaning
可決	カケツ	approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
可燃物	カネンブツ	combustibles; inflammables; flammables; burnables
可能	カノウ	possible; potential; practicable; feasible
可能性	カノウセイ	possibility; chance; likelihood; probability; potential; potentiality; promise; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
可否	カヒ	propriety; right and wrong; advisability; possibility; pro and con; ayes and noes

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
可	か	acceptable; satisfactory; allowed; permitted; approval; being in favour; (a) vote in favour; aye; Pass (grade); Fair; C; D
可愛がる	かわいがる	to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to dote on; to show one's love (for); to cherish; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress; to pet; to be tough on; to be rough with; to torment; to train harshly
可愛らしい	かわいらしい	lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
可笑しい	おかしい	funny; amusing; comical; laughable; ridiculous; strange; odd; funny; peculiar; weird; wrong; unusual; eccentric; wrong; unsuitable; improper; inappropriate; unbecoming; suspicious
成る可く	なるべく	as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

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