JLPT N3 · 10 strokes
Kanji 能: "ability, talent, skill"
The kanji 能 means "ability, talent, skill, capacity". It is written with 10 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read ノウ in on'yomi and よ.く, あた.う in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ノウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
よ.くあた.う
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | ability, talent, skill, capacity |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 10 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 5 |
| Frequency rank | 273 of 2,501 |
Common words with 能
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 可能性possibility; chance; likelihood; probability · potential; potentiality; promise
- 能力ability; faculty
- 可能possible; potential; practicable; feasible
- 不可能impossible, irréalisable
- 才能talent; ability
- 機能function; facility; faculty; feature
- 本能instinct
- 可能性が高いtrès probable, fort possible
- 性能ability; performance; efficiency
- 堪能proficient; skilled; skillful; good · enjoying to the full; full satisfaction; being satiated (with); having one's fill (of)
- 無能incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incapacity · incompetent person
- 有能able; capable; competent; talented
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