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. stand, stop
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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Cantonese

Hanzi

宁 (traditional 寧, jyutping cyu5, Yale chyu5)

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Japanese

Kanji

宁

Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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

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

Phrase

nìng

• 宁为鸡口，毋为牛后
• 宁为玉碎，不为瓦全