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可 = 丁 + 口

可 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “can”. It is built from 丁 (street) and 口 (mouth). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 97. It appears as a component in 6 other characters in this index.

Keyword

can

RTK frame

97

Strokes

5

On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)

カ, コク

Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)

-べ.き, -べ.し

Script

Japanese kanji

Also known as

мочь, lip ring

Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi

可 may

Decomposition

Characters that contain 可

• 奇 strange
• 河 river
• 苛 bullying
• 歌 song
• 何 what
• 阿 africa

How to find 可 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “street” + “mouth”. 可 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 可 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.