寧

See also: 宁

Translingual

Han character

寧 (radical 40 宀+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十心月弓 (JPBN), four-corner 3020₁, composition ⿱寍丁)

1. repose, serenity, peace
2. peaceful

References

• KangXi: page 291, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7296
• Dae Jaweon: page 577, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 949, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5BE7

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Chinese

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trad.		寧
simp.		宁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): níng, nìng (ning², ning⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˊ, ㄋㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ning⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (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: ning⁴
    • Yale: nìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ning⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /nɪŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (寧, reconstructed)
Character (寧), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 泥 (8) Final: 青 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 奴丁切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/neŋ/	/nieŋ/	/neŋ/	/neŋ/	/nɛjŋ/	/nieŋ/	/nɛŋ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (寧, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
寧								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
寧					9556					寧					耕					0					寧					/*neːŋ/

Compounds

• 不自由毋寧死 (bù zìyóu wúníng sǐ)
• 寧波 (Níngbō)
• 寧夏 (Níngxià)
• 遼寧 (Liáoníng)
• 建寧 (Jiànníng)
• 安寧 (ānníng)

• 寧為太平犬，不做亂世人 (níng wéi tàipíng quǎn, bù zuò luànshì rén)
• 寧教我負天下人，休教天下人負我 (níng jiào wǒ fù tiānxià rén, xiū jiào tiānxià rén fù wǒ)
• 江寧 (Jiāngníng)
• 不寧 (bùníng)
• 東寧王國 (Dōngníng Wángguó)

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Japanese

Kanji

寧

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ねい (nei), にょう (nyō)
• Kun: やすい (yasui), むしろ (mushiro), なんぞ (nanzo)

Compounds

• あんねい (annei)

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Korean

Hanja

寧 (nyeong)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 녕 (revised: nyeong, McCune-Reischauer: nyŏng, Yale: nyeng)

• Name (hangeul): 편안할 녕()

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Compounds

• 安寧 (안녕, annyeong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

寧 (ninh)

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