肯U+80AF8 STROKES
Entry·pron. kěn
ㄎㄣˇ
“To agree or consent; to be willing or ready to do something; to permit; sometimes used as an adverb meaning 'how' or 'where' to express a rhetorical question.”
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- 肯定ㄎㄣˇ ㄉㄧㄥˋto be certain; to be positive; definitely; to affirm; to confirm; to approve; to recognize positively
- 不肯ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄣˇunwilling; reluctant; refuse to agree; decline; not consent
- 林肯ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄎㄣˇAbraham Lincoln; 16th U.S. president (1809–1865); led the Union during the Civil War; issued the Emancipation Proclamation; assassinated in 1865.
- 肯亞ㄎㄣˇ ㄧㄚˋKenya; a country in East Africa.
- 肯恩ㄎㄣˇ ㄣKen (male given name)
- 首肯ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄣˇto nod in agreement; to give one's assent; to express approval by nodding
- 鄧肯ㄉㄥˋ ㄎㄣˇIsadora Duncan (1878–1927), American dancer; pioneer of modern dance
- 中肯ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄎㄣˇpertinent; apropos; (of remarks) to the point and well-put; apt and incisive
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