Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 可

可

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Meaning

 possible, approve, accept

Pronunciation

 KA
-beki/shi/ku

Explanation

 Outside: city block 丁 (but here: a nail), below: opening 口

Mnemonic

The nail 丁 into this opening 口 should be possible.

Radicals

口 mouth(A small square 口 stands for the mouth, and a big square 囗 is an enclosure.)
可 possibility
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Vocabulary

可能性 かのうせい possibility, potentiality, likelihood
許可 きょか permission, approval
不可 ふか wrong, bad, improper, unjustifiable, inadvisable
不可欠 ふかけつ indispensable, essential
可決 かけつ approval, adoption (e.g. motion, bill), passage
許可者 きょかしゃ permitter, licensor​
許可された人 きょかされたひと admittee, licensee​

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