Read Edit View history 能 néngNéng HSK1 to be able Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a bear. Based on the original meaning "bear". The meaning of this character has shifted over time to mean "strong" and "ability, power". Original form of 熊. Pinyin Separate values with commas néng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 能 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 299, 806 ], [ 320, 792 ], [ 337, 762 ], [ 276, 668 ], [ 205, 579 ], [ 193, 539 ], [ 225, 537 ], [ 312, 568 ], [ 396, 588 ], [ 424, 585 ] ], [ [ 398, 662 ], [ 452, 597 ], [ 468, 545 ] ], [ [ 196, 428 ], [ 223, 402 ], [ 229, 332 ], [ 215, 164 ], [ 191, 24 ] ], [ [ 254, 416 ], [ 264, 410 ], [ 380, 441 ], [ 396, 435 ], [ 417, 412 ], [ 421, 92 ], [ 414, 55 ], [ 401, 36 ], [ 314, 70 ] ], [ [ 251, 302 ], [ 264, 312 ], [ 303, 320 ], [ 352, 316 ] ], [ [ 242, 190 ], [ 256, 201 ], [ 292, 207 ], [ 330, 209 ], [ 355, 203 ] ], [ [ 738, 767 ], [ 752, 746 ], [ 754, 725 ], [ 685, 676 ], [ 598, 628 ], [ 588, 616 ] ], [ [ 547, 806 ], [ 581, 761 ], [ 570, 699 ], [ 565, 611 ], [ 573, 537 ], [ 591, 502 ], [ 621, 486 ], [ 689, 476 ], [ 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