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Translation

= k + e3: can / may / able to / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very

Mnemonic

Alternative mnemonic symbol: kebab, from the pronunciation "ke". Karl Marx (k) is preparing a kebab (mnemonic symbol for 可) in the elevator's living room (e3). He also skewers mandarins (口) on the long steel nails (丁) and will only allow (可) his guests to eat the rest of the kebab if they eat their mandarins first.

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All translations for 可

= k + e3
can / may / able to / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very
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= k + e4
used in 可汗[ke4 han2]
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可 character breakdown

dīng = di + (e)ng1
male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1 gan1] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl
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kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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