宁

See also: 寧

Translingual

Etymology

Pictogram (象形): Shaped spool or bobbin. It is the original character of 貯, 儲

Han character

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

1. peaceful
2. simplified of 寧
   1. calm, peaceful, serene
   2. healthy

Derived terms

• 貯, 佇, 紵, 苧, 眝, 羜, 㿾, 𤲑

References

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

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Chinese

simpl.		宁
trad.		宁/寧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhù, níng, nìng (zhu⁴, ning², ning⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ, ㄋㄧㄥˊ, ㄋㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyu⁵, ning⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: níng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ning²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ning
    • IPA ^(key): /niŋ³⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: nìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˋ
    • Wade-Giles: ning⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ninq
    • IPA ^(key): /niŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyu⁵, ning⁴
    • Yale: chyúh, nìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsy⁵, ning⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyː¹³/, /nɪŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (宁, reconstructed)
Character (宁), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 澄 (11) Final: 魚 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 直魚切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɖɨʌ/	/ȡʱi̯wo/	/ȡiɔ/	/ɖiɔ/	/ɖɨə̆/	/ȡĭo/	/ȡiɔ/
Character (宁), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 澄 (11) Final: 魚 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 直吕切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɖɨʌX/	/ȡʱi̯woX/	/ȡiɔX/	/ɖiɔX/	/ɖɨə̆X/	/ȡĭoX/	/ȡiɔX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (宁, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
宁								níng								‹ neng ›								/*nˤeŋ/								peace
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
宁					17632					宁					魚					0					除					/*da/
宁					17638					宁					魚					0										/*daʔ/

Compounds

• níng
  • 宁静
  • 宁谧
  • 宁日
  • 宁帖
  • 宁息
• nìng
  • 宁可
  • 宁肯
  • 宁缺毋滥
  • 宁死不屈
  • 宁愿
  • 宁折不弯

Phrases

• nìng
  • 宁为鸡口，毋为牛后
  • 宁为玉碎，不为瓦全

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Japanese

Kanji

宁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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

Readings

• On: ちょ (cho)
• Kun: たくわえる (takuwaeru), たたずむ (tatazumu)

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Korean

Hanja

宁 (jeo) (hangeul 저, revised jeo, McCune-Reischauer chŏ)

1. garden
2. peace

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: trữ

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