能
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See also: 態
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Translingual[edit]
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Han character[edit]
能 (radical 130, 肉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈月心心 (IBPP), four-corner 21211, composition ⿰䏍⿱匕匕)
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
Chinese[edit]
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| variant forms | 䏻 | |
Glyph origin[edit]
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| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Chu Slip and silk script | Qin slip script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (能) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| 態 | *n̥ʰɯːs |
| 能 | *nɯː, *nɯːs, *nɯːŋ, *nɯːŋʔ |
| 螚 | *nɯːs |
| 褦 | *nɯːs |
Pictogram (象形): bear. Compare 熊 (OC *ɢʷlɯm, “bear”).
Etymology[edit]
- “be able to; can; ability”
- Shijing rhymes point to Old Chinese *nə, but the forms with *-ŋ are also archaic (perhaps ancient dialectal variation?).
- Possibly Sino–Tibetan: compare Tibetan ནུས (nus, “be able to; capable; to withstand; capacity; strength; force; power; function; energy”), Burmese နိုင် (nuing, “can, be able to, may; master; win; prevail”). Schuessler (2007) also derives 態 (OC *n̥ʰɯːs, “apparition, bearing, manner”) from this.
- Compare the old Sino–Vietnamese loanword nổi (“be able to; capable”).
Pronunciation 1[edit]
Definitions[edit]
能
- † A mythological bear-like animal, with deer-like legs.
- able; capable
- can; to be able to; to be capable of
- may; could
- rather; would rather
- ability; capability
- 能力 ― nénglì ― capability, ability
- talent; talented person
- 才能 ― cáinéng ― talent, ability
- energy; power
- 水能 ― shuǐnéng ― hydroelectric power
- A surname. Neng
Synonyms[edit]
| Dialectal synonyms of 可以 (“can; may”) [map] | ||
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| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 可、可以 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 可、可以、得 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 可以、能、能夠 |
| Taiwan | 可以、能、能夠 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 可以、得 |
| Hong Kong | 可以、得 | |
| Taishan | 可以 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 做得 |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 做得、可以、使得 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 做得 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 使得、做得 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 做得 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 會用 | |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 會使 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 會使、會當、會做、會用、會用得、會得、會得通、會通、通 |
| Quanzhou | 會做、會做得、會用、會用得、會得、會得通、會通、通 | |
| Zhangzhou | 會使、會當、會用、會用得、會得、會得通、會通、通 | |
| Taipei | 會使、會當、會做得 mT、會得 mT、會得通 mT、通 mT | |
| Kaohsiung | 會用得、會使、會當 | |
| Tainan | 會用得、會使、會當 | |
| Taichung | 會用得、會使得 | |
| Hsinchu | 會用得、會使 | |
| Lukang | 會使、會當 | |
| Sanxia | 會使、會當 | |
| Yilan | 會使、會當 | |
| Kinmen | 會使、會當 | |
| Magong | 會使、會當 | |
| Philippines (Manila) | 會做、會用、會用得、會做得 | |
| Note | mT - mainstream Taiwan (no particular region identified) | |
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms from 能
Pronunciation 2[edit]
Definitions[edit]
能
Pronunciation 3[edit]
Definitions[edit]
能
- † Alternative form of 台 (“name of a Chinese constellation”).
Pronunciation 4[edit]
Definitions[edit]
能
Pronunciation 5[edit]
Definitions[edit]
能
- † A three-legged soft-shelled turtle.
Pronunciation 6[edit]
Definitions[edit]
能
- † Only used in 能始 (“origin, root cause”).
Pronunciation 7[edit]
Definitions[edit]
能
- † Alternative form of 熊 (xióng, “bear”).
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
能
Readings[edit]
- Goon: のう (nō, Jōyō); の (no); ない (nai)
- Kan’on: どう (dō); だい (dai)
- Kan’yōon: たい (tai)
- Kun: あたう (atau, 能う); よく (yoku, 能く); よくする (yokusuru, 能くする)
Compounds[edit]
Noun[edit]
- Noh, a form of classical Japanese musical drama.
- Ability, capacity, aptitude.
- Effect, use.
- 古い議論を繰り返しても能はないのだよ。
- Furui giron o kurikaeshite mo nō wa nai no da yo.
- Repeating old arguments isn't of any use / won't have any effect.
- 古い議論を繰り返しても能はないのだよ。
Synonyms[edit]
- (drama): 能楽 (nōgaku)
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
能 • (neung, nae) (hangeul 능, 내, McCune–Reischauer nŭng, nae, Yale nung, nay)
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Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
能 (năng, hay, nấng, năn, nằng, nưng)
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