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Simplified Chinese version

U+53EF

Seal script

Jinwen

Jiaguwen

Jianbo

Semantic variant

Semantic variant

Radical:+ 2 strokes = 5 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.304#54 Kangxi: p.172#12 Cihai: p.244r1c02 GSR: 1.a Hanyu: v1,p0567#07
Composition:Top-right: , bottom-left: . Compositionally related: . Component of: 𨚩 𭇄 𡘀 𡥚 𢎄 𢘟 𬮠 𪫧 𭇎 [More]
Mandarin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄜˋ
Cantonese:hak1 ho2
Tang reconstruction:*kɑ̌
Shuowen:可部》可:𦘫也。从口丂,丂亦声。凡可之属皆从可。
Guangyun:广韵·上声··》可:许可也,又虏复姓三氏周太保王雄赐姓可频氏梁有河南王可沓振又有可达氏又虏三字姓三氏后魏书可地延氏改爲延氏又并州刺史男可朱浑买奴前燕慕容儁皇后可足浑氏。枯我切,四。
Kangxi:康熙字典·口部·》可:《唐韵》肯我切《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》口我切,𠀤音坷。《说文》肯也。《广韵》许可也。《韵会》可者,否之对。《·尧典》嚣讼可乎。《文中子·事君篇》达人哉山涛也,多可而少怪。又仅可,未足之辞。《论语》子曰:可也𥳑。又《礼·内则》择于诸母与可者。《注》诸母,衆妾也,可者,傅御之属也。又所也。《礼·中庸》体物而不可遗。《注》体犹生也,可犹所也。不有所遗,言万物无不以鬼神之气生也。又姓。《正字通》唐谏议大夫可中正,宋绍兴进士可懋。又《字汇补》苦格切,音克。《魏书·吐谷浑传》可汗,此非复人事。《唐书·突厥传》可汗犹单于也,妻曰可敦。又叶孔五切,音苦。《韩愈·元和圣德诗》负鄙爲难,纵则不可。出师征之,其衆十旅。又叶口个切,轲去声。《魏文帝·寡妇赋》伏枕兮不寐,逮平明兮起坐。愁百端兮猥来,心郁郁兮无可。又《集韵》歌古作可。注详欠部十画。又读作何。《石鼓文》其鱼隹可。《风雅广逸注》隹可读作惟何,古省文也。
Fanqie:枯我 (《广韵·上声··》)
Unihan definition:may, can, -able; possibly

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Example usage

论语·学而》:三年无改于父之道,谓孝矣。
If for three years he does not alter from the way of his father, he may be called filial.
孟子·尽心上》:公孙丑曰:“道则高矣,美矣,宜若登天然,似不及也。”
Gong Sun Chou said, 'Lofty are your principles and admirable, but to learn them may well be likened to ascending the heavens - something which cannot be reached.'
礼记·深衣》:袼之高下,以运肘。
The sleeve was joined to the body of the dress at the arm-pit, so as to allow the freest movement of the elbow-joint.
孝经·谏诤》:敢问子从父之令,谓孝乎?
I would venture to ask if (simple) obedience to the orders of one's father can be pronounced filial piety.
扬子法言·》:芒芒天道,昔在圣考,过则失中,不及则不至,不奸罔,撰《问道》。
Vast! Vast is Tian's Dao! In the past the sages completed it. If one goes too far, he loses the mean. If one doesn't go all the way, he doesn't reach the Dao. It cannot be defiled or maligned. Thus, I have written "Asking About the Dao."
庄子·逍遥游》:不夭斤斧,物无害者,无所用,安所困苦哉!
Neither bill nor axe would shorten its existence; there would be nothing to injure it. What is there in its uselessness to cause you distress?
道德经》:道,非常道。
(Embodying the Dao) The Dao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Dao.
商君书·更法》:民不与虑始,而与乐成。
One cannot let the people share in the thoughts about the beginnings of an affair, but they should be allowed to share in the rejoicings over the completion of it.
孙子兵法·始计》:孙子曰:兵者,国之大事,死生之地,存亡之道,不不察也。
Sunzi said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.
荀子·大略》:君子能为贵,不能使人必贵己。
说苑·君道》:凡处尊位者必以敬,下顺德规谏,必开不讳之门,撙节安静以藉之,谏者勿振以威,毋格其言,博采其辞,乃择观。
春秋繁露·玉杯》:一日不无君,而犹三年称子者,为君心之未当立也。
韩诗外传·卷一》:怀其宝而迷其国者,不与语仁。
大戴礼记·主言》:语明主之道与?
白虎通德论·》:公者,加尊二王之后,侯者百里之正爵士,上有次,下有第,中央故无二。
新书·修政语下》:故曰:和以守,而严以守,而严不若和之固也。
新序·善谋下》:歌曰:“槛鹄高蜚,一举千里,羽翮已就,横绝四海,当奈何?”
中论·治学》:有懿德,故以经人伦。
孔子家语·相鲁》:孔子对曰:“虽天下乎!”
潜夫论·赞学》:若此言之而信,则人不以不就师矣。
论衡·命义》:以圣明之德,而有囚厄之变,谓遭矣。
太玄经·》:次三,龙出于中,首尾信,以为庸。
风俗通义》:缀文之士,杂袭龙鳞,训注说难,转相陵高,积如丘山,谓繁富者矣。
孔丛子·广言》:哿,也。
申鉴·政体》: 民不畏死,不惧以罪,民不乐生,不观以善,虽使禼布五教,咎繇作士,政不行焉。
忠经·天地神明章》:人能至公,不私诸己,何往不也?
素书·原始章》:夫欲为人之本,不无一焉。
新语·道基》:故在天者见,在地者量,在物者纪,在人者相。
独断·卷上》:古者尊卑共之,贵贱不嫌,则同号之义也。
蔡中郎集·独断》:光武虽在十二,于父子之次,于成帝为兄弟,为于哀帝为诸父,于平帝为父祖,皆不为之后。
墨子·经说下》:让也。
鲁胜墨辩注叙》:是有不是,有不,是名两,同而有异,异而有同,是之谓辩同异。
列子·天瑞》:往复,其际不终。
鶡冠子·天则》:彼天地之以无极者,以守度量,而不滥,日不逾辰,月宿其列,当名服事,星守弗去,弦望晦朔,终始相巡,逾年累岁,用不缦缦,此天之所柄以临斗者也。
文子·道原》:夫道者,高不极,深不测,苞裹天地,禀受无形,原流泏泏,冲而不盈,浊以静之徐清,施之无穷,无所朝夕,表之不盈一握,约而能张,幽而能明,柔而能刚,含阴吐阳,而章三光
文始真经·一宇》:关尹子曰:“非有道不言,不言即道。”
列仙传·赤将子舆》:云中游,性命度。
鬻子》:君王欲缘五帝之道而不失,则以长久。
老子河上公章句》:道,谓经术政教之道也。
韩非子·初见秦》:夫一人奋死以对十,十以对百,百以对千,千以对万,万以克天下矣。
申不害·大体》:其所守者,非恃琬琰之美、千金之重也,而欲勿失,其得耶?

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