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能 — ability, talent, skill

のう能 ability

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes

U+80FD Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #273 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #2160 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

ability
talent
skill
capacity

word

のう nou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

能(のう) nou ability 可(か) 能(のう) kanou possible 機(き) 能(のう) kinou function 能(のう) 力(りょく) nouryoku ability 不(ふ) 可(か) 能(のう) fukanou impossible 性(せい) 能(のう) seinou performance 才(さい) 能(のう) sainou talent 芸(げい) 能(のう) geinou performing arts

Appears in idioms

全知全能四字熟語

all, know, all, ability

Stroke order

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Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

䏍 embryo (component)

匕 spoon

Used as component in (3)

たい態 attitude くま熊 bear ひ罷 quit

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.