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能

JLPT N3 SL5 10 strokes Frequency: #273

Meanings

Ability, Talent, Skill, Capacity

Radicals

⺼

Decomposition

⿰⿱厶⺼⿱匕匕

Etymology

Pictographic: A bear's head 厶, body ⺼, and claws 匕

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 10

Stroke Order

1 curve bottom-right-to-top-left

2 dot right-to-left

3 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

4 hook bottom-to-top

5 horizontal bottom-to-top

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 diagonal right-to-left

8 curve right-to-left

9 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

10 curve bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ノウ nou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

よ yo

Words Using This Kanji

473 words total

Other (20 words)

cost effectiveness

the senses

proficient

management function

function key

function

function word

technical skill

public entertainment

entertainer

show business

authority

exchange function

statement of the efficacy of a medicine

effect

high-functioning

high efficiency

talent

chief effect (of a medicine)

黄金万能おうごんばんのう

the almighty dollar

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