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可見

简可见 · 繁可見

Mandarin · pinyin kě jiàn

it can clearly be seen (that this is the case)
it is (thus) clear
clear
visible

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可: kě · may, can, -able; possibly
見: jiàn · see, observe, behold; perceive; Kangxi radical 147
见: jiàn · see, observe, behold; perceive

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3–4 · ke3 jian4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ho2 gin3

Cantonese word readings for 可見. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

to be able to see or be seen

adj

visible

conj

one can see that; it is clear that

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