Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N3

273 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: ability, talent, skill, capacity

Kunyomi: よ.く あた.う

Onyomi: ノウ

Radical

Radical:

Reading: にくづき

Meaning: meat

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

(のう)   talent, Noh drama

面(のうめん)   Noh mask

力(のうりょく)   ability

率(のうりつ)   efficiency

(さいのう)   talent

(ほんのう)   instinct

(きのう)   function

な(ばんのうな)   all-purpose

な(ゆうのうな)   capable, skillful

人(げいのうじん)   celebrity

性(かのうせい)   potentiality, possibility

放射(ほうしゃのう)   radioactivity

Onyomi Examples

ノウ talent, gift, function, noh (theatre)

ノウガク noh play

ユウノウ able, capable, competent, talented, efficient

ゲイノウ public entertainment, performing arts, accomplishments, attainments

Kunyomi Examples

良く よく nicely, properly, well, skillfully, skilfully, frequently, often, I'm glad that you ..., thank you for ..., (you have) quite the nerve to, I don't know how you can ...

良く良く よくよく exceedingly, very

あたう to be able (to do), to be capable (of doing)

う限り あたうかぎり as much as possible, as far as possible, to the best of one's abilities