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Chinese symbol for “laudable”

可嘉
kě jiā
laudable

The closest CC-CEDICT match for laudable is 可嘉 (kě jiā), defined as: laudable.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

可 kě
may, can, -able; possibly
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes
嘉 jiā
excellent; joyful; auspicious
radical 30 ⼝ · 14 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 可嘉.

WordPinyinMeaning
可以kě yǐcan; may
可能kě néngmight (happen); possible
可是kě shìbut; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
不可bù kěcannot; should not; must not
可怕kě pàawful; dreadful
可爱 (可愛)kě àiadorable; cute
嘉宾 (嘉賓)jiā bīnesteemed guest; honored guest
嘉年华 (嘉年華)jiā nián huá(loanword) carnival

See also: Japanese symbol for “laudable”.

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.