能

能 (radical 130, 肉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈月心心 (IBPP), four-corner 2121₁, composition ⿰䏍⿱匕匕)

• 態 罷

• 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

Historical forms of the character 能
Shang	Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu Slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) : bear. Compare 熊 (OC *ɢʷlɯm, “bear”).

“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”).

能

1. ^† (Chinese mythology) A mythological bear-like animal, with deer-like legs.
2. able; capable
3. can; to be able to; to be capable of

   我能跑得快。  ―  Wǒ néng pǎo de kuài.  ―  I can run fast.

   • 有人能幫我嗎？ / 有人能帮我吗？  ―  Yǒu rén néng bāng wǒ ma?  ―  Is there anybody who can help me?

   • 高潮時你不能在這個海灘散步。 [MSC, trad.]
     高潮时你不能在这个海滩散步。 [MSC, simp.]

     Gāocháo shí nǐ bù néng zài zhège hǎitān sànbù. [Pinyin]

     You can't walk along this beach at high tide.

4. may; could

   • 能不能請你幫個忙？ [MSC, trad.]
     能不能请你帮个忙？ [MSC, simp.]

     Néng bù néng qǐng nǐ bāng ge máng? [Pinyin]

     May I ask a favour of you?

   • 你能再說一遍嗎？ / 你能再说一遍吗？  ―  Nǐ néng zài shuō yībiàn ma?  ―  Could you repeat that?
5. rather; would rather
6. ability; capability

   能力  ―  nénglì  ―  capability, ability

7. talent; talented person

   才能  ―  cáinéng  ―  talent, ability

8. energy; power
   • 太陽能 / 太阳能  ―  tàiyángnéng  ―  solar energy
   • 水能  ―  shuǐnéng  ―  hydroelectric power
   • 動能 / 动能  ―  dòngnéng  ―  kinetic energy
9. A surname​. Neng

能

1. ^† Alternative form of 耐 (nài, “to bear; to withstand”).
2. A surname​.

能

1. ^† Alternative form of 台 (“name of a Chinese constellation”).

   三能  ―  sāntái  ―  Santai (Chinese constellation)

能

1. ^† Alternative form of 態／态 (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”).

能

1. ^† A three-legged soft-shelled turtle.

能

1. ^† Only used in 能始 (“origin, root cause”).

能

1. ^† Alternative form of 熊 (xióng, “bear”).

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. ability
2. talent
3. skill
4. capacity

• 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)

• 能動 (のうどう) (nōdō): being active
• 能力 (のうりょく) (nōryoku): ability

能 (hiragana のう, rōmaji nō)

1. Noh, a form of classical Japanese musical drama.
2. Ability, capacity, aptitude.
3. Effect, use.

   古 (ふる)い議論 (ぎろん)を繰 (く)り返 (かえ)しても能 (のう)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.

• (drama): 能楽 (のうがく) (nōgaku)

能 • (neung, nae) (hangeul 능, 내)

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能 (năng)

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