能

See also 態

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

能 (radical 130 肉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈月心心 (IBPP), four-corner 2121₁, composition ⿰䏍⿱匕匕){{#if:肉|[[Category:Han characters}}|肉06能]]

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

Derived characters

• 態 罷

References

• 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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

能 (jyutping nang4, Yale nang4)

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Japanese

Noun

Wikipedia ^ja

能 (のう, nō)

1. Noh, a form of classical Japanese musical drama.

Kanji

能 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: のう (nō), だい (dai)
• Kun: あたう (atau), よくする (yokusuru)

Compounds

• 能動
• 能力

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

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

Compounds

• 能干
• 能够
• 能力
• 能量
• 能手
• 能说会道
• 能源 (néngyuán)
• 能愿动词

Verb

能 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin néng)

1. can
2. may

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Middle Chinese

Han character

能 (*nəng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

能 (năng, hay, nấng, năn, nằng, nưng)