Kanji N3

可: can, passable, approval

可 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning can, passable, approval, written with 5 strokes. It is read カ, コク (on), and has no common kun reading. Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 可能 (かのう, possible) and 許可 (きょか, permission).

可

Meanings

  • can
  • passable
  • approval
Strokes5
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#314 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • カ
  • コク

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • -べき
  • -べし

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 可

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 可能かのう

    possible; potential; practicable; feasible

    JLPT N3
  • 許可きょか

    permission; approval; authorization; license

    JLPT N3
  • 可か

    acceptable; satisfactory; allowed; permitted

    JLPT N3
  • 不可ふか

    wrong; bad; improper; unjustifiable; inadvisable

    JLPT N3
  • 可愛いかわいい

    cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty

    JLPT N5
  • 可哀想かわいそう

    poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

    JLPT N3
  • 可笑しいおかしい

    funny; amusing; comical; laughable; ridiculous

    JLPT N4
  • 可也かなり

    considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty

    JLPT N3

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.