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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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Han character [edit]

(radical 130 +6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈月心心 (IBPP), four-corner 21211, composition)

  1. to be able
  2. can, permitted to
  3. ability

Derived characters [edit]

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 981, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29454
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1433, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2074, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+80FD

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(jyutping nang4, Yale nang4)


Japanese [edit]

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Kanji [edit]

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. ability

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

Noun [edit]

(hiragana のう, romaji )

  1. Noh, a form of classical Japanese musical drama.
  2. Ability, capacity, aptitude.
  3. Effect, use.
    古い議論を繰り返してもはないのだよ。
    ふるいぎろんをくりかえしてものうはないのだよ。
    Furui giron o kurikaeshite mo wa nai no da yo.
    Repeating old arguments isn't of any use / won't have any effect.

Synonyms [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , , revised neung, nae, McCune-Reischauer nŭng, nae, Yale nung, nay)


Mandarin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin néng (neng2), nài (nai4), tái (tai2), tài (tai4), nái (nai2), xióng (xiong2), Wade-Giles neng2)

Compounds [edit]

Verb [edit]

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin néng)

  1. can
  2. may

Middle Chinese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(*nəng)


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(năng, hay, nấng, năn, nằng, nưng)