Character: 能
Modern (Beijing) reading: néng
Preclassic Old Chinese: nǝ̄
Classic Old Chinese: nǝ̄
Western Han Chinese: nǝ̄
Eastern Han Chinese: nǝ̄
Early Postclassic Chinese: nǝ̄
Middle Postclassic Chinese: nǝ̄
Late Postclassic Chinese: nǝ̄j
Middle Chinese: nʌŋ
English meaning : to be capable, have ability
Russian meaning[s]: 1) мочь, быть в состоянии; уметь; 2) способность, талант; компетентный; 3) энергия, сила; 4) приручать; 5) древн. медведь
Comments: Zhou rhymes point unambiguously to *nǝ̄, but the form with -ŋ is also archaic (cf. the external parallels). A regular MC reflex is attested in the FQ 奴來 *nʌj - cf. perhaps Viet. nô`i 'to be able (to do smth.)' (although the tone is not clear). For *n- cf. Min reflexes: Xiamen liŋ2, Chaozhou leŋ2, Fuzhou neŋ2, Jianou naiŋ9.
Radical: 130
Four-angle index: 7025
Karlgren code: 0885 a-e
Vietnamese reading: năng
Shijing occurrences: 26.5, 29.1, 29.2, 29.3, 29.4, 33.3, 35.5, 54.2
