甯

See also: 𡩋, 寗, and 宁

Translingual

Han character

甯 (Kangxi radical 101, 用+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十心月手 (JPBQ), four-corner 3022₇, composition ⿳宀心用)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 756, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21717
• Dae Jaweon: page 1166, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 944, character 8
• Unihan data for U+752F

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Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 甯 – see 寧 (“peaceful; tranquil; serene; at peace; to stabilise; to pacify; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 寧).

Etymology 2

trad.		甯
simp. #		甯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Nìng (Ning⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ning⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (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: ning⁶
    • Yale: nihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ning⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ning⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɪŋ²²/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*nˤ[e]ŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*neːŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	甯
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	nìng
Middle Chinese	‹ nengH ›
Old Chinese	/*nˁ[e]ŋ-s/
English	(place name in Zuozhuan)
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	甯
Reading #	1/1
No.	9555
Phonetic component	寧
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	寗
Old Chinese	/*neːŋs/
Notes	寗注説文作此

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 甯

1. a surname

Usage notes

甯 is considered a variant character of 寧／宁 (níng) in Mainland China. Before the endorsement of usage of variant character in surname in 中华人民共和国国家通用语言文字法(2000), the official simplified form was 宁. In 通用规范汉字表 (2013), 甯 becomes the standard form for the surname sense. Nevertheless, in Mainland China, 宁 is still common used for the surname sense today, where 甯 is uncommon.

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Japanese

Kanji

甯

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ねい (nei)、にゅう (nyū)、でい (dei)、にょう (nyō)
• Kun: ねがい (negai)
• Nanori: やす (yasu)

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Korean

Hanja

甯 • (nyeong>yeong) (hangeul 녕>영, revised nyeong>yeong, McCune–Reischauer nyŏng>yŏng, Yale nyeng>yeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 甯 (ninh)

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References

• Nom Foundation