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Chinese symbol for “possible”

可以
kě yǐ
can; may; possible; able to

The closest CC-CEDICT match for possible is 可以 (kě yǐ), defined as: can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good.

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
以 yǐ
according to; so as to; because of; then
radical 9 ⼈ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “possible”

WordPinyinMeaning
可能kě néngmight (happen); possible
得了dé liǎo(emphatically, in rhetorical questions) possible
有可能yǒu kě néngpossible; probable

Related words

Other words that share a character with 可以.

WordPinyinMeaning
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
以及yǐ jíand; as well as
所以suǒ yǐtherefore; as a result
以后 (以後)yǐ hòuafter; later

See also: Japanese symbol for “possible”.

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.

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