官能

Chinese

official; government; organ of body
 
ability; can; may
ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
trad. (官能)
simp. #(官能)

Pronunciation


Noun

官能

  1. (biology) organic functions; faculty; sense

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (官能):
  • Japanese: 官能(かんのう) (kannō)
  • Korean: 관능(官能) (gwanneung)
  • Vietnamese: quan năng (官能)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 4
のう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んのー [kàńnóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kã̠nːo̞ː]

Noun

(かん)(のう) • (kannō) くわんなう (kwannau)?

  1. faculty of the senses
  2. (figuratively) pleasure obtained using the senses, (especially) sexual pleasure
    官能(かんのう)小説(しょうせつ)
    kannō shōsetsu
    sensual novel (i.e. erotic novel)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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