Stroke order

Stroke order

能 (Kangxi radical 130,肉+6, 10 strokes,cangjie input戈月心心 (IBPP),four-corner2121₁,composition⿰䏍𫧇)

• 㑷,𠹌,𢟒,㨢,㴰,𤠗,褦,㔮,𪏛,態,熋,熊,螚,䘅,罷,𨶙

• Kangxi Dictionary: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

Historical forms of the character能
Shang	Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan)	Liushutong (compiled inMing)
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): a bear. Compare熊 (OC*ɢʷlɯm, “bear”). In the character, two paws are visible as a pair of 匕 and the face with the open mouth is stylized as 月.

"bear-like animal"

Apparently an areal word ofAustroasiatic origin (Schuessler, 2007;Zhang, 2019). CompareKharia[script needed](bɔnɔi),Santali[script needed](bana,“Indian black bear”) &Lepchaᰠᰶᰍ(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?).

PossiblyProto-Sino-Tibetan (which STEDT tentatively reconstructs as*m-nyaŋ(“can, be able”)): compareTibetanནུས(nus,“to be able to; capable; to withstand; capacity; strength; force; power; function; energy”),Burmeseနိုင်(nuing,“can, be able to, may; master; win; prevail”).Schuessler (2007) also derives態 (OC*n̥ʰɯːs, “apparition, bearing, manner”) from this; see also忍 (OC*njɯnʔ, “to suffer, endure”).

Compare the old pre-Sino–Vietnamese loanwordnổi(“be able to; capable”).

能

1. (obsolete) a kind ofbear
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese,Chinesemythology) a mythologicalbear-like animal, with deer-like legs.
3. able;capable
4. can; tobe able to; to becapable of; to beallowed to

   我能跑得很快。  ― Wǒnéng pǎo de hěn kuài.  ―  Ican run fast.

   有人能幫我嗎？／有人能帮我吗？  ― Yǒu rénnéng bāng wǒ ma?  ―  Is there anybody whocan help me?

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

   Zhàngcháo shí nǐ bùnéng zài zhège hǎitān sànbù.[Pinyin]

   Youcan't walk along this beach at high tide.

   公共場所不能吸煙。[MSC,trad.]
   公共场所不能吸烟。[MSC,simp.]

   Gōnggòngchǎngsuǒ bùnéng xīyān.[Pinyin]

   You’re not allowed to smoke in public.

5. tosuccessfully do something (negate with沒／没 (méi))

   你能進入這所大學讀書，全靠你父母的關係。[MSC,trad.]
   你能进入这所大学读书，全靠你父母的关系。[MSC,simp.]

   Nǐnéng jìnrù zhè suǒ dàxué dúshū, quán kào nǐ fùmǔ de guānxì.[Pinyin]

   Youwere able to study at this university all because of your parents.

   他沒能趕上末班車。[MSC,trad.]
   他没能赶上末班车。[MSC,simp.]

   Tā méinéng gǎnshàng mòbānchē.[Pinyin]

   He didn'tmanage to catch the last train.

6. (dialectal)cocky

   看把你能的。  ― Kàn bǎ nǐnéng de.  ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

7. may;could

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

   Néng bùnéng qǐng nǐ bāng ge máng?[Pinyin]

   May I ask a favour of you?

   你能再說一遍嗎？[MSC,trad.]
   你能再说一遍吗？[MSC,simp.]

   Nǐnéng zài shuō yībiàn ma?[Pinyin]

   Could you repeat that?

8. rather;wouldrather
9. ability;capability

   能力  ― nénglì  ―  capability, ability

   無能／无能  ― wúnéng  ―  incompetent

10. talent;talented person

    才能  ― cáinéng  ―  talent, ability

11. energy;power

    太陽能／太阳能  ― tàiyángnéng  ―  solar energy

    水能  ― shuǐnéng  ―  hydroelectric power

    動能／动能  ― dòngnéng  ―  kinetic energy

12. (Sujiahu Wu,Wenzhounese,Jinhua andQuzhou Wu)way;manner

    搿能[Shanghainese]  ― ⁸geq-nen[Wugniu]  ―  like this (lit. in thisway)

    好好能走[Shanghainese]  ― ⁵hau-hau-nen-tseu[Wugniu]  ―  to walk properly

    慢慢能吃[Wenzhounese]  ― ma₆-ma₆-nan₂-chiai₇[Wugniu]  ―  to eat slowly

13. asurname

能

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese)alternative form of耐(“tobear; towithstand”)
2. asurname

能

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese)alternative form of台(“name of a Chinese constellation”)

   三能  ― sāntái  ― Santai (Chinese constellation)

能

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese)alternative form of態 /态(tài,“bearing;apparition;form;shape;status;position”)

能

1. (obsolete) mythical three-leggedsoft-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.]
     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.]

     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 yellowthree-legged soft-shelled turtle, and he therefore became the god of Yu abyss.

能

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese)only used in能始 (tāishǐ, “origin;rootcause”)

能

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese)alternative form of熊(xióng,“bear”)

• “能”, in漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1],香港中文大學 (theChinese University of Hong Kong),2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03329

(Fifth grade 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)
• Nanori:たか(taka)、の(no)、のり(nori)、よし(yoshi)

• (Tokyo)のー[nóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo)のー[nòó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key):[no̞ː]

 能 on Japanese Wikipedia

 Noh on Wikipedia

能(のう)• (nō) 

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

   古(ふる)い議(ぎ)論(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 monō wa nai no da yo.

   Repeating old arguments isn't of anyuse / won't have anyeffect.

• (drama):能(のう)楽(がく)(nōgaku)

FromMiddle Chinese能 (MC nong).

• (SK Standard/Seoul)IPA^(key):[nɯŋ]
• Phonetic hangul:[능]

KoreanWikisource has texts containing thehanja:

能

Wikisource

能 (eumhun능할능(neunghal neung))

1. hanja form^? of능(“ability”)

Related toMiddle Chinese耐 (MC nojH).

能 (eumhun견딜내(gyeondil nae))

1. (literary Chinese)alternative form of耐(“hanja form^? of내(“endure;withstand”)”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary,전자사전／電子字典.[2]

FromMiddle Chinese能 (MC nong).

能 (no₂)

1. Denotesphonographic syllable no₂.

   Synonym:乃

• Miyake (2003) p. 33-34

能:Hán Nôm readings:năng,hay,nấng,năn,nằng,nưng

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out andadd a translation, then remove the text{{rfdef}}.

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