# 可 U+53EF CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53EF

A Chinese character meaning “may, can, -able; possibly”, read kě in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `可` |
| Codepoint | U+53EF |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53EF |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `可` `可` |
| CSS | `\53EF` |
| JavaScript | `\u53EF` |
| UTF-8 | E5 8F AF |
| UTF-16 | 53EF |
| Definition | may, can, -able; possibly |
| Mandarin | kě |
| Cantonese | ho2 |
| Japanese | KA KOKU YOI BESHI BAKARI |
| Korean | KA KUK |

## Related characters

- 叮 [U+53EE CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53EE](https://unicodekit.com/char/53EE)
- 台 [U+53F0 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53F0](https://unicodekit.com/char/53F0)
- 叭 [U+53ED CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53ED](https://unicodekit.com/char/53ED)
- 叱 [U+53F1 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53F1](https://unicodekit.com/char/53F1)
- 召 [U+53EC CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53EC](https://unicodekit.com/char/53EC)
- 史 [U+53F2 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53F2](https://unicodekit.com/char/53F2)
- 叫 [U+53EB CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53EB](https://unicodekit.com/char/53EB)
- 右 [U+53F3 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53F3](https://unicodekit.com/char/53F3)
- 只 [U+53EA CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53EA](https://unicodekit.com/char/53EA)
- 叴 [U+53F4 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53F4](https://unicodekit.com/char/53F4)
- 叩 [U+53E9 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53E9](https://unicodekit.com/char/53E9)
- 叵 [U+53F5 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53F5](https://unicodekit.com/char/53F5)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/53EF · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/53EF