Chinese symbol for “talent”
才能
cái néng
talent; ability; capacity
The closest CC-CEDICT match for talent is 才能 (cái néng), defined as: talent; ability; capacity.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “talent”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人才 | rén cái | talent; talented person |
| 才 | cái | ability; talent; sb of a certain type |
| 天才 | tiān cái | talent; gift |
| 才华 (才華) | cái huá | talent; measure word: 份 (fèn) |
| 才艺 (才藝) | cái yì | talent |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 才能.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人才 | rén cái | talent; talented person |
| 刚才 (剛才) | gāng cái | just now; a moment ago |
| 天才 | tiān cái | talent; gift |
| 才华 (才華) | cái huá | talent; measure word: 份 (fèn) |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen); possible |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 能够 (能夠) | néng gòu | to be capable of; to be able to |
| 能力 | néng lì | capability; ability |
See also: Japanese symbol for “talent”.
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.