能

ability; talent; skill; capacity

10 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 273.

Readings

• ノウ (on reading): 可能性 (かのうせい) possibility; 可能 (かのう) possible
• よく (kun reading)
• あたう (kun reading): 能わず (あたわず) unable to do; 能う限り (あたうかぎり) as much as possible

Components

• 䏍
• 匕
• 匕
• 匕 radical spoon
• 厶 radical private
• 月 radical moon; flesh

Kanji containing 能

• 態 attitude
• 熊 bear
• 罷 quit

Words using 能

• 可能性 (かのうせい) possibility
• 可能 (かのう) possible
• 機能 (きのう) function
• 能力 (のうりょく) ability
• 才能 (さいのう) talent
• 能わず (あたわず) unable to do
• 能う限り (あたうかぎり) as much as possible
• 強弩の末魯縞に入る能わず (きょうどのすえろこうにいるあたわず) even the strong will grow weak
• 凝っては思案に能わず (こってはしあんにあたわず) too much thinking gets you nowhere
• 能登 (のと) Noto (former province located in the north of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
• 能登半島 (のとはんとう) Noto Peninsula (Ishikawa Prefecture)
• 能平 (のっぺい) soup with fried tofu, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, sweet potatoes and daikon flavored with salt or soy sauce and thickened with potato starch

651 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists