宁

See also: 宇, 字, 亭, 寧, and 甯
宁 U+5B81, 宁
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B81
← 宀
[U+5B80]
CJK Unified Ideographs 宂 →
[U+5B82]

Translingual

Han character

宁 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 十一弓 (JMN), four-corner 30201, composition ⿱宀丁)

  1. Shuowen Jiezi radical №504

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 281, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7055
  • Dae Jaweon: page 551, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 910, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5B81

Chinese

simp. and trad.
宁

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 宁
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) .

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 宁 宁
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 澄 (11) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 魚 (22) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 直魚切 直吕切
Baxter drjo drjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɖɨʌ/ /ɖɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɖiɔ/ /ɖiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȡiɔ/ /ȡiɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɖɨə̆/ /ɖɨə̆X/
Li
Rong
/ȡiɔ/ /ȡiɔX/
Wang
Li
/ȡĭo/ /ȡĭoX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȡʱi̯wo/ /ȡʱi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chú zhù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cyu4 zyu6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 宁 宁
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 17632 17638
Phonetic
component
宁 宁
Rime
group
魚 魚
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
除
Old
Chinese
/*da/ /*daʔ/

Definitions

宁

  1. (historical) space between the door and the entrance screen, or between the two side houses in the main entrance
  2. Original form of 貯 (“to store; to accumulate; to gather”).
  3. Original form of 佇 (“to stand for a long time”).

Usage notes

As a phonetic component, reduced to 㝉 in Simplified Chinese to distinguish from 宁 below, the simplified form of 寧.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 宁 – see 寧 (“peaceful; tranquil; serene; at peace; to stabilise; to pacify; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 寧).
Notes:

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 宁 – see 甯.
(This character is the simplified form of 甯).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

宁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. calm
  2. peaceful
  3. serene
  4. healthy

Readings

Korean

Hanja

宁 • (jeo) (hangeul 저, revised jeo, McCune–Reischauer chŏ)

  1. garden
  2. peace

Vietnamese

Han character

宁: Hán Nôm readings: trữ

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Zhuang

Proper noun

宁

  1. Sawndip form of ningz
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