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

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
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3Graphical

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

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

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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  • 241st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 271 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. liáng (liang2)to measure
2. liàng (liang4)capacity • quantity • amount • to estimate • abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar) • measure word

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for liáng (liang2)The component is pronounced as '' (li3). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for liàng (liang4)The component is pronounced as '' (li3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

尽量 (儘量)
力量 
大量 
数量 (數量)
流量 
海量 
能量 
质量 (質量)
适量 (適量)
销量 (銷量)

Uncommon

份量 
分量 
含量 
商量 
定量 
容量 
少量 
工作量 
思量 
打量 
掂量 
测量 (測量)
无量 (無量)
热量 (熱量)
产量 (產量)
矢量 
总量 (總量)
胆量 (膽量)
衡量 
计量 (計量)
较量 (較量)
过量 (過量)
酒量 
重量 
电量 (電量)
音量 
食量 

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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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