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Chinese symbol for “recoverable”

可采
kě cǎi
Traditional: 可採
(mining) recoverable; workable

The closest CC-CEDICT match for recoverable is 可采 (kě cǎi), defined as: (mining) recoverable; workable.

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
采 cǎi
to collect, to gather; to pick, to pluck
radical 165 ⾤ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 可采.

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
采用 (採用)cǎi yòngto adopt; to employ
采取 (採取)cǎi qǔto adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take

See also: Japanese symbol for “recoverable”.

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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