Memory phrase for the Kanji: 可


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Meaning

possible, approve, accept

Pronunciation

KA
-beki/shi/ku

Explanation

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

Mnemonic

The nail into this opening should be possible.

Radicals

mouthA small square stands for the mouth, and a big square is an enclosure.
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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