Chinese symbol for “evidently”
可知
kě zhī
evidently; clearly; no wonder; knowable
The closest CC-CEDICT match for evidently is 可知 (kě zhī), defined as: evidently; clearly; no wonder; knowable.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “evidently”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 显然 (顯然) | xiǎn rán | clearly; evidently; obviously |
| 分明 | fēn míng | clear; distinct |
| 较然 (較然) | jiào rán | clearly; evidently |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 可知.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can; may |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen); possible |
| 可是 | kě shì | but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed |
| 不可 | bù kě | cannot; should not; must not |
| 可怕 | kě pà | awful; dreadful |
| 可爱 (可愛) | kě ài | adorable; cute |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 知识 (知識) | zhī shi | knowledge; 门 (mén) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “evidently”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.