Chinese Character Wiki
寧

níng, nìng

peaceful

Depicts a peaceful place (宀) with food to eat (皿). 心 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound.

Components
宀 iconic component

宀  Iconic component

mián

  

roof

心 meaning component

心  Meaning component

xīn

  

heart

皿 iconic component

皿  Iconic component

mǐn

  

dish

Depicts a container of food.

丁 sound component

丁  Sound component

dīng

  

cubes

Evolution

寧 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
寧 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
寧 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
寧 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
寧 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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]

Most common words with 寧
Freq.
Word
Meaning

宁愿

better

宁

to prefer

宁可

preferably

宁静

tranquil

安宁

peaceful

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

濘

Sound component in 4 characters (0 verified)

擰 濘 檸 嚀

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*nˤeŋ

neng

níng

peace


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 25.3404% of movies

1359th most common character in movies

1019th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Simplified

宁

Unicode

U+5BE7

Shuowen

“寧，願詞也。从丂，寍聲。”


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