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Translingual[edit]
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Han character[edit]
能 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈月心心 (IBPP), four-corner 21211, composition ⿰䏍𫧇)
Derived characters[edit]
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 981, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29454
- Dae Jaweon: page 1433, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2074, character 1
- Unihan data for U+80FD
Chinese[edit]
trad. | 能 | |
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simp. # | 能 | |
2nd round simp. | 𫧇 | |
alternative forms | 䏻 𦝕 𫧇 |
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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Pictogram (象形): bear. Compare 熊 (OC *ɢʷlɯm, “bear”).
Etymology[edit]
- "bear-like animal"
- Apparently an areal word of Austroasiatic origin (Schuessler, 2007; Zhang, 2019). Compare Kharia [script needed] (bɔnɔi), Santali [script needed] (bana, “Indian black bear”) & Lepcha [script needed] (să-na, “bear”), a loanword from Santali
- “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
- (obsolete) a kind of bear
- † (Chinese mythology) A mythological bear-like animal, with deer-like legs.
- able; capable
- can; to be able to; to be capable of
- (colloquial) may; could
- rather; would rather
- ability; capability
- 能力 ― nénglì ― capability, ability
- talent; talented person
- 才能 ― cáinéng ― talent, ability
- energy; power
- A surname.
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 能 (“can”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Classical Chinese | 能 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 能, 能夠, 可以 | |
Mandarin | Taiwan | 能, 能夠, 可以 |
Malaysia | 能 | |
Singapore | 能 | |
Cantonese | Hong Kong | 可以 |
Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 得 |
Min Dong | Singapore (Fuqing) | 會 |
Min Nan | Penang (Hokkien) | 會, 會使 |
Wu | Shanghai | 好 |
Suzhou | 好 | |
Ningbo | 好 |
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms from 能
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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.
- 觀鯀之治水無有形狀,乃殛鯀于羽山。鯀投于水,化為黃能,因為羽淵之神。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 趙曄 (Zhao Ye) 《吳越春秋》 "Wuyue Chunqiu"
- Guān gǔn zhī zhìshuǐ wú yǒu xíngzhuàng, nǎi jí gǔn yú yǔshān. Gǔn tóu yú shuǐ, huà wèi huángnái, yīn wèi yǔyuān zhī shén. [Pinyin]
- [Shun] saw that Gun's flood-taming had been in vain, so Gun was imprisoned for life in Yu Mountain. Gun threw himself into the water, and became a yellow three-legged soft-shelled turtle, and he therefore became the god of Yu abyss.
观鲧之治水无有形状,乃殛鲧于羽山。鲧投于水,化为黄能,因为羽渊之神。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation 6[edit]
Definitions[edit]
能
- † Only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin, root cause”).
Pronunciation 7[edit]
Definitions[edit]
能
- † Alternative form of 熊 (xióng, “bear”).
References[edit]
- “能”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03329
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
能
Readings[edit]
- Go-on: のう (nō, Jōyō); の (no); ない (nai)
- Kan-on: どう (dō); だい (dai)
- Kan’yō-on: たい (tai)
- Kun: あたう (atau, 能う); よく (yoku, 能く); よくする (yokusuru, 能くする)
- Nanori: たか (taka); の (no); のり (nori); よし (yoshi)
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]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Chinese 能 (MC nəŋ).
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Pronunciation[edit]
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [nɯŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [능]
Hanja[edit]
能 (eumhun 능할 능 (neunghal neung))
Compounds[edit]
Compounds
- 능력 (能力, neungnyeok)
- 가능 (可能, ganeung)
- 기능 (機能, gineung)
- 수능 (修能, suneung)
- 기능 (技能, gineung)
- 무능 (無能, muneung)
- 재능 (才能, jaeneung)
- 능률 (能率, neungnyul)
- 지능 (知能, jineung)
- 능동 (能動, neungdong)
- 능숙 (能熟, neungsuk)
- 유능 (有能, yuneung)
- 불능 (不能, bulleung)
- 성능 (性能, seongneung)
- 능사 (能事, neungsa)
- 역능 (力能, yeongneung)
- 만능 (萬能, manneung)
- 효능 (效能, hyoneung)
- 직능 (職能, jingneung)
- 예능 (藝能, yeneung)
- 본능 (本能, bonneung)
- 지능 (智能, jineung)
- 능란 (能爛, neungnan)
- 능변 (能辯, neungbyeon)
- 권능 (權能, gwonneung)
- 능관 (能觀, neunggwan)
- 체능 (體能, cheneung)
- 능통 (能通, neungtong)
- 다능 (多能, daneung)
- 감능 (堪能, gamneung)
- 능간 (能幹, neunggan)
- 관능 (官能, gwanneung)
- 능필 (能筆, neungpil)
- 능성 (能聲, neungseong)
- 예체능 (藝體能, yecheneung)
- 방사능 (放射能, bangsaneung)
Etymology 2[edit]
Related to Middle Chinese 耐 (MC nʌiH).
Hanja[edit]
能 (eumhun 견딜 내 (gyeondil nae))
References[edit]
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
能: Hán Nôm readings: năng, hay, nấng, năn, nằng, nưng
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