能

音読おんよみ: ノウ

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 10 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 月(にくづき)

Meaning

Ability / Skill / Talent / Capacity

  • 能力のうりょく — ability / capacity
  • 機能きのう — function / feature
  • 芸能げいのう — performing arts
  • 才能さいのう — talent
  • 官能かんのう — sensuality
  • 技能ぎのう — technical skill
  • 知能ちのう — intelligence
  • 無能むのう — incompetence

The kanji 能 centers on ability or capacity, often tied to performance and effectiveness. Its historical form has been linked to a creature with strength, conveying the idea of power or skill. Today it appears widely in compounds for human capability, system functions, and traditional arts.

かれたか能力のうりょくっています。
He has a high level of ability.

このアプリには おおくの 機能きのうそなわっています。
This app has many features.

能
Creates
能力のうりょく — ability / capacity
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