宁

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 5.2 Phrase

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Shaped spool or bobbin. It is the original character of 貯, 儲

[edit] Han character

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

1. stand, stop
2. simplified of 寧
3. calm, peaceful, serene
4. healthy

[edit] 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

---

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

宁 (jyutping cyu5, Yale chyu5, ning4)

---

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

宁

[edit] Readings

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

---

[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

---

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

宁 (traditional 寧, pinyin zhù (zhu4), níng (ning2), nìng (ning4), Wade-Giles chu⁴, ning², ning⁴)

[edit] 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

[edit] Phrase

nìng

• 宁为鸡口，毋为牛后
• 宁为玉碎，不为瓦全