可愛らしい
かわいらしい · kawairashii · JLPT N3 · i-adj
lovely
🐱 可 worthy of + 愛 love + らしい -like = seeming worthy of love
It is kawaii (可愛い, cute) with らしい, a suffix meaning -like or seeming. The kanji spell it out: 可 is able or worthy, 愛 is love. So the whole word reads as having a lovable air: sweet, lovely.
可 — mouth 口 + breath marker 丁 (modified)
可 originally depicted a mouth (口) with a curved stroke suggesting exhaled breath or speech, conveying approval or assent. From this came the meaning 'to permit' or 'can,' as granting permission was expressed verbally. Today it broadly means 'may,' 'can,' or 'approve.'