能

ability, talent, skill, capacity

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ノウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

あた.うよ.く

Nanori (名乗り)

たかののりよし

Stroke Order

10 / 10

Information

Grade:5

Strokes:10

JLPT:N3

Frequency:273

Vocabulary

ノウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
可能	カノウ	possible; potential; practicable; feasible
可能性	カノウセイ	possibility; chance; likelihood; probability; potential; potentiality; promise; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
堪能	タンノウ	proficient; skilled; skillful; good; accomplished; enjoying to the full; full satisfaction; being satiated (with); having one's fill (of)
機能	キノウ	function; facility; faculty; feature
技能	ギノウ	technical skill; ability; capacity

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
能	のう	talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
可能性が高い	かのうせいがたかい	very likely; very probable
能書き	のうがき	advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting; self-advertisement; statement of the virtues of a medicine; description of the virtues of a drug
能く	よく	nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...; (you have) quite the nerve to; I don't know how you can ...
能く能く	よくよく	carefully; closely; very; extremely; exceedingly; have no choice; cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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