寍

Translingual

Han character

寍 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十心月廿 (JPBT), four-corner 3010₇, composition ⿳宀心皿)

1. used as a term of comparison: rather
2. it is better
3. would that

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 289, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7232
• Dae Jaweon: page 572, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 944, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5BCD

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		寍

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 寍
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (寧) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
濘	*neːs, *neːŋʔ, *neːŋs
獰	*rnaːŋ
檸	*rnaːŋʔ
儜	*rneːŋ
薴	*rneːŋ
鬡	*rneːŋ
鑏	*rneːŋ
嬣	*rneːŋ
寍	*neːŋ
寗	*neːŋs
甯	*neːŋs
寧	*neːŋ
鸋	*neːŋ, *neːŋs
嚀	*neːŋ
聹	*neːŋ, *neːŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): níng, nìng (ning², ning⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˊ, ㄋㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ning⁴ / ning⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: níng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: níng
    • Wade–Giles: ning²
    • Yale: níng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ning
    • Palladius: нин (nin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nìng
    • Wade–Giles: ning⁴
    • Yale: nìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ninq
    • Palladius: нин (nin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ning⁴ / ning⁶
    • Yale: nìhng / nihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ning⁴ / ning⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ning⁴ / ning⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɪŋ²¹/, /nɪŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng
    • Tâi-lô: lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: neng

Rime
Character	寍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	奴丁切
Baxter	neng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/neŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/neŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/nɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/neŋ/
Wang Li	/nieŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/nieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	níng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ning4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*neːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	寍
Reading #	1/1
No.	9553
Phonetic component	寧
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	寧
Old Chinese	/*neːŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 寍

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References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00747
• “寍”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

寍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ねい (nei)
• Kun: むしろ (mushiro)