1. 才
  2. 能

才

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  • 235th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 90 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
才→
𠂇㇒
2Radical
才→
𠂇left hand㇒N/A
3Graphical
才→
𠂇㇒

Pinyin & Meaning

1. cái (cai2)ability • talent • sb of a certain type • a capable individual • only • only then • just now
2. cái (cai2)a moment ago • just now • (preceded by a clause of condition or reason) not until • (followed by a numerical clause) only

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

才 also appears in:
团财材闭豺閉財

Example Words

Common

人才 
刚才 (剛才)
天才 

Uncommon

口才 
奇才 
奴才 
才子 
才子佳人 
才能 
才华 (才華)
才华横溢 (才華橫溢)
才艺 (才藝)
方才 
秀才 

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能

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Previous (生)Next (而)
  • 35th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.34% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 222 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
能→
䏍No glyph available
2Radical
能→
厶private月moonNo glyph available
3Graphical
能→
㇛丶冂二匕

Pinyin & Meaning

1. néng (Neng2)surname Neng
2. néng (neng2)to be able to • to be capable of • ability • capability • able • capable • can possibly • (usually used in the negative) to have the possibility of

Pronunciation Clues

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Appears In

能 also appears in:
熊罷螚褦

Example Words

Common

功能 
可能 
能力 
能够 (能夠)

Uncommon

佳能 
尽可能 (儘可能)
可能性 
多功能 
太阳能 (太陽能)
性能 
技能 
智能 
本能 
欲罢不能 (欲罷不能)
潜能 (潛能)
无能 (無能)
无能为力 (無能為力)
节能 (節能)
能否 
能干 (能幹)
能手 
能源 
能见度 (能見度)
能量 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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