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可執行

简可执行 · 繁可執行

Mandarin · pinyin kě zhí xíng

executable (computing)

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可: kě · may, can, -able; possibly
執: Look up this written character
行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
执: zhí · hold in hand; keep; carry out

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3–2–2 · ke3 zhi2 xing2

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adj

executable

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