| 744 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 655 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 816 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 510 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 24 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 253 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 397 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 165 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 388 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 390 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 412 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 314 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3687 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1882 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2562 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 94 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3245 | Morohashi |
| 2969 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 701 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 93 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 97 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 463 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 647 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
314 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 可 【カ】 acceptable, satisfactory, allowed, permitted, approval, being in favour, (a) vote in favour, aye, Pass (grade), Fair, C, D
- 可決 【カケツ】 approval, adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.), passage
- 裁可 【サイカ】 sanction, approval
- 不裁可 【フサイカ】 veto, rejection
Readings
- Japanese names:
- よし
- Korean:
- ga, geug
Spanish
- bueno
- aprobación
- posible
- poder hacer
Portuguese
- aceitável
- não deve não
- faz
French
- possible
- acceptable
- ne doit pas
- ne pas, négatif
| 3149 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3d2.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 1062.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 53ef | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1641 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 惜敗 【セキハイ】 regrettable defeat, defeat by a narrow margin
- 惜春 【セキシュン】 lamenting the passing of spring, lamenting the passing of one's youth
- 痛惜 【ツウセキ】 deep regret
- 哀惜 【アイセキ】 grief, sorrow
Kun reading compounds
- 惜しい 【おしい】 regrettable, disappointing, unfortunate, precious, dear, valuable, too good for, deserving better, almost (but not quite), close (but no cigar)
- 惜しむ 【おしむ】 to be frugal, to be sparing, to value, to hold dear, to regret (e.g. a loss), to feel sorry (for), to be unwilling, to be reluctant
- 惜しむべき 【おしむべき】 lamentable, regrettable
Readings
- Korean:
- seog
Spanish
- lastima
- condolencia
- pena
- penoso
- lamentable
- condolerse
- sentir
- estimar
Portuguese
- compaixão
- poupar
- frugal
- mesquinho
French
- regret
- frugal
- radin
- économe
| 1484 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1542 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1712 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1024 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1303 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 765 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 779 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1455 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 820 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 586 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 355 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 442 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1195 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10814 | Morohashi |
| 484 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1894 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1187 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1271 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1434 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1178 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4k8.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 9406.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-43 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 60dc | Unicode hex code |