能
can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy
10 strokes
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How 能 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A bear's head 厶, body ⺼, and claws 匕
components: 厶 ⺼ 匕 ×2
How to remember it
ability · Heisig RSH #1464
熊 bear + cooking fire
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 能
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不能不 | bù néng bù | have to; cannot but |
| 化学能 | huà xué néng | chemical energy |
| 能动性 | néng dòng xìng | initiative; active role |
| 高性能 | gāo xìng néng | high performance |
| 生物能 | shēng wù néng | bio-energy |
| 有能力 | yǒu néng lì | able |
| 动能车 | dòng néng chē | car with a new type of propulsion system (hybrid, hydrogen-powered etc) |
| 光能合成 | guāng néng hé chéng | photosynthesis |
| 不可能 | bù kě néng | impossible; cannot |
| 无能为力 | wú néng wéi lì | (idiom) powerless to do anything about it |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not; should not |
| 大能 | dà néng | almighty |
| 能人 | néng rén | capable person; Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid |
| 语言能力 | yǔ yán néng lì | verbal ability |
| 水能 | shuǐ néng | hydroelectric power |
| 可能性 | kě néng xìng | possibility; probability |
| 有可能 | yǒu kě néng | possible; probable; possibly; probably; may; might |
| 无能 | wú néng | incompetence; inability; incapable; powerless |
| 无所不能 | wú suǒ bù néng | omnipotent |
| 前方高能 | qián fāng gāo néng | (slang) Something awesome is about to happen! (originally, in a Japanese space battleship … |