to be able; can, permitted to; ability
The corpus record — Literary Chinese
能
néng
to be able; can, permitted to; ability
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Where it lives
- Daodejing (Wang Bi recension) 139 · 79.02/10k
- Analects (Lunyu) 70 · 43.69/10k
- Mencius 135 · 38.07/10k
- Zhuangzi, Inner Chapters 47 · 34.11/10k
What it meant — Unihan character definitions
In the wild
- 能 Daodejing (Wang Bi recension) 十章
- 能 Daodejing (Wang Bi recension) 十章
- 能 Daodejing (Wang Bi recension) 十章
- 能 Daodejing (Wang Bi recension) 十章
- 能 Daodejing (Wang Bi recension) 十章
- 能 Daodejing (Wang Bi recension) 十章
6 of 391 attestations shown.
Chinese texts (Daodejing, Analects, Zhuangzi, Mencius) are public domain by age; transcriptions from Kanripo and Wikisource (CC BY-SA 4.0). Readings via Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).