Info on the Kanji 能

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What is this? "能"

Meaning(s)

ability, talent, skill, capacity

Reading(s)

onyomi NOU
kunyomi

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stroke count 10
grade 5
jlpt level N3
Example words with 能
WordMeaning
のう
nou
talent / gift / function / noh
えんのう
en nou
performance of a noh play / performing a noh play
かんのう
kannou
the senses / sensuality / carnality
かんのう
kan nou
viewing noh / seeing a noh play / going to a noh theater
きのう
kinou
function / facility / faculty / feature
けんのう
kennou
authority / power / function
さいのう
sainou
talent / ability
じゅうのう
juu nou
fire shovel / fire pan
しょくのう
shokunou
function / work ability
せいのう
seinou
ability / performance / efficiency
ぜんのう
zennou
almighty / omnipotent
たのう
tanou
versatility
ちのう
chinou
intelligence / brains
のうう
nou u
well / properly / skillfully / often
のうく
nou ku
nicely / properly / well / skillfully / frequently / often
のうらく
nou raku
noh play
のうき
nou ki
signifier
のうさい
nou sai
ability / able person
のうところ
nou tokoro
subject and object / activity and passivity
のうしょ
nousho
excellent calligraphy / calligraphy
のうそう
nou sou
the active / active voice
のうどう
noudou
active
ただふみ
tadafumi
skilled in writing
のうたいら
nou taira
soup with fried tofu, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, sweet potatoes and daikon flavored with salt or soy sauce and thickened with potato starch
のうめん
noumen
noh mask
のうりょく
nouryoku
low-ranking priest who does manual labour at a temple / male temple employee
ふのう
funou
incompetency / inefficiency / impossibility / weak point / imbecility
ほんのう
honnou
instinct
ばんのう
bannou
all-purpose / utility / almighty / omnipotent
ゆうのう
yuunou
able / capable / efficient / skill
りょうのう
ryou nou
natural ability
かんのうせい
kannou sei
functionality
きのうご
kinou go
function word
きのうび
kinoubi
functional beauty / beauty of function / simplicity and elegance of design
きのうめん
kinoumen
functional aspect
高機こうきのう
koukinou
high level
高性こうせいのう
kouseinou
high efficiency / high fidelity / high power
しょくのうきゅう
shokunoukyuu
salary based on work evaluation
新機しんきのう
shinkinou
new functionality / new feature
性機せいきのう
sei kinou
sex function
性本せいほんのう
seihonnou
sex instinct
ぜんのうしゃ
zennousha
the almighty / the omnipotent one
多機たきのう
takinou
multifunction, multipurpose
たのうせい
tanou sei
pluripotency / multipotency
ちのうはん
chinouhan
intellectual crime / white-collar crime / intellectual criminal / smart criminal
わずのうわず
nou wazu
unable to do / impossible to do
楽堂のうがくどう
nougakudou
noh theatre / noh theater
太夫のうたゆう
nou tayuu
high-ranking noh actor / head of a noh school
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Example Sentences with 能
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