Character Details
| be able to (to); can | Ascii: — | w429 | |||||||||
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| Hanyu | Pinyin | Pronunciation | Tone | Components/Primitives | Wiktionary | Alt Sounds | |||||
| 能 | néng | nuhng | 2 | 厶 (private) + 月 (flesh) + 匕 (spoon) → can; able | 能 link | ||||||
| Picture | Character Story | ||||||||||
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My secret (厶) is that I can (能) eat meat (月) with 2 spoons (匕). | ||||||||||
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| [HSK 1] - — | |||||||||||
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| - Can I sit here? | - --Research Pending-- | ||||||||||
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| Single Character Decomposition | |||||||||||
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| Radical | Name | Label | Domain | Component Persona | Example Characters | ||||||
| 139 - 羊 | yáng | brush | sheep | sheep head | 羊 美 | ||||||
| Elements | Semantic Element | Phonetic Element | Note | ||||||||
| 厶 (private) + 月 (flesh) + 匕 (spoon) → can; able | 月 (semantic origin) | 匕 (phonetic origin) | ancient bear pictograph | ||||||||