Chinese Character Wiki
宁

zhù, níng, nìng

peaceful, (storage container)

Original meaning: 

storage container

Pictograph of a container for storing things. Original form of 貯. In simplified Chinese 宁 is also used to mean "peaceful", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 寧.

Evolution

宁 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
宁 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
宁 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
宁 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

㝉 (宁) 

zhù

to store; to stand; space between the door and the entrance screen

宁 (寧) 

níng

repose, serenity, peace; peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc)

宁 (寧) 

Níng

abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Níng​xià​Huí​zú​Zì​zhì​qū]; abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nán​jīng]; surname Ning

宁 (寧) 

nìng

would rather; to prefer; how (emphatic); Taiwan pr. [níng]

宁 (寕) 

nìng

old variant of 寧|宁[nìng]

宁 (甯) 

níng

variant of 寧|宁[níng]

Most common words with 宁
Freq.
Word
Meaning

宁愿

better

宁

to prefer

宁可

preferably

宁静

tranquil

安宁

peaceful

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

泞 佇

Sound component in 8 characters (1 verified)

貯 拧 狞 泞 柠 咛 苧 聍

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

貯

Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 25.3404% of movies

1359th most common character in movies

1019th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Traditional

寧

Unicode

U+5B81

Shuowen

“宁，辨積物也。象形。”


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