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Chinese symbol for “empower”

赋能
fù néng
Traditional: 賦能
(neologism c. 2019) to empower; to enable; to energize

The closest CC-CEDICT match for empower is 赋能 (fù néng), defined as: (neologism c. 2019) to empower; to enable; to energize.

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Characters and stroke order

赋 fù
tax; to give, to bestow
radical 154 ⾙ · 12 strokes
能 néng
can, may; capable, full of energy
radical 130 ⾁ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “empower”

WordPinyinMeaning
加持jiā chí(Buddhism) (from Sanskrit "adhiṣṭhāna") blessings; (fig.) empowerment; boost; support; backing
大用dà yòngto put sb in powerful position; to empower

Related words

Other words that share a character with 赋能.

WordPinyinMeaning
赋予 (賦予)fù yǔto assign; to entrust (a task)
天赋 (天賦)tiān fùgift; innate skill
赋税 (賦稅)fù shuìtaxation
赋值 (賦值)fù zhí(computing, math.) to assign (a value); assignment
税赋 (稅賦)shuì fùtax liability
禀赋 (稟賦)bǐng fùnatural endowment; gift; talent
可能kě néngmight (happen); possible
不能bù néngcannot; must not

See also: Japanese symbol for “empower”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.