能 Strokes Write it Listen 能 néng can; to be able to; might possibly HSK 1 10 strokes Radical ⺼ Pictograph 37 words Built from厶sīprivate, secret⺼ meat, flesh; organic compound匕bǐspoon, ladle; knife, dirk How it worksA bear's head 厶, body ⺼, and claws 匕.