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寧
寧
Translingual
Han character
寧 (radical 40 宀+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十心月弓 (JPBN), four-corner 30201, composition ⿱寍丁)
References
- KangXi: page 291, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7296
- Dae Jaweon: page 577, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 949, character 5
- Unihan data for U+5BE7
Chinese
| trad. | 寧 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 宁 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 寧
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| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (寧) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| 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
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ
- Wade-Giles: ning2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ning
- IPA (key): /niŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ning4
- Yale: nìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: ning4
- IPA (key): /nɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 寧 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /niŋ³⁵/ |
| Harbin | /niŋ²⁴/ | |
| Tianjin |
/niŋ⁴⁵/ 安～ /niŋ⁵³/ 姓 |
|
| Jinan | /ȵiŋ⁴²/ | |
| Qingdao | /niŋ⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /niŋ³¹²/ | |
| Xi'an | /niŋ²⁴/ | |
| Xining | /ȵiə̃²⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /niŋ⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ȵĩn⁵³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /ȵiŋ⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /nin²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /nin³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /nin²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /lĩ¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /lin²⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /lin⁵⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /niəŋ¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /ȵiŋ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /nĩŋ³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ȵiŋ²³/ |
| Suzhou | /ȵin¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ȵin²¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /ȵaŋ³¹/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /niʌ̃⁴⁴/ |
| Tunxi |
/lɛ⁴⁴/ ～可 /lin¹¹/ 姓～ |
|
| Xiang | Changsha | /ȵin¹³/ |
| Xiangtan | /ȵin¹²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /lin⁴⁵/ ～都縣 |
| Hakka | Meixian | /nen¹¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /nen¹¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /neŋ²¹/ |
| Nanning | /neŋ²¹/ | |
| Hong Kong | /niŋ²¹/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /liŋ³⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /niŋ⁵³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /naiŋ²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /leŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /neŋ³¹/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 寧 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 寧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
níng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ neng › |
| Old Chinese |
/*nˤeŋ/ |
| English | peace |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 寧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9556 |
| Phonetic component |
寧 |
| Rime group |
耕 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
寧 |
| Old Chinese |
/*neːŋ/ |
Definitions
寧
- quiet
Compounds
Compounds
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˋ
- Wade-Giles: ning4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ninq
- IPA (key): /niŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ
- Wade-Giles: ning2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ning
- IPA (key): /niŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ning4, ning6
- Yale: nìhng, nihng
- Cantonese Pinyin: ning4, ning6
- IPA (key): /nɪŋ²¹/, /nɪŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 寧 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /niŋ³⁵/ |
| Harbin | /niŋ²⁴/ | |
| Tianjin |
/niŋ⁴⁵/ 安～ /niŋ⁵³/ 姓 |
|
| Jinan | /ȵiŋ⁴²/ | |
| Qingdao | /niŋ⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /niŋ³¹²/ | |
| Xi'an | /niŋ²⁴/ | |
| Xining | /ȵiə̃²⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /niŋ⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ȵĩn⁵³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /ȵiŋ⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /nin²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /nin³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /nin²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /lĩ¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /lin²⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /lin⁵⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /niəŋ¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /ȵiŋ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /nĩŋ³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ȵiŋ²³/ |
| Suzhou | /ȵin¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ȵin²¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /ȵaŋ³¹/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /niʌ̃⁴⁴/ |
| Tunxi |
/lɛ⁴⁴/ ～可 /lin¹¹/ 姓～ |
|
| Xiang | Changsha | /ȵin¹³/ |
| Xiangtan | /ȵin¹²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /lin⁴⁵/ ～都縣 |
| Hakka | Meixian | /nen¹¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /nen¹¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /neŋ²¹/ |
| Nanning | /neŋ²¹/ | |
| Hong Kong | /niŋ²¹/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /liŋ³⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /niŋ⁵³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /naiŋ²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /leŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /neŋ³¹/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 寧 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 寧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
níng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ neng › |
| Old Chinese |
/*nˤeŋ/ |
| English | peace |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 寧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9556 |
| Phonetic component |
寧 |
| Rime group |
耕 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
寧 |
| Old Chinese |
/*neːŋ/ |
Definitions
寧
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Compounds
Compounds
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ
- Wade-Giles: ning2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ning
- IPA (key): /niŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˋ
- Wade-Giles: ning4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ninq
- IPA (key): /niŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ning4, ning6
- Yale: nìhng, nihng
- Cantonese Pinyin: ning4, ning6
- IPA (key): /nɪŋ²¹/, /nɪŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 寧 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /niŋ³⁵/ |
| Harbin | /niŋ²⁴/ | |
| Tianjin |
/niŋ⁴⁵/ 安～ /niŋ⁵³/ 姓 |
|
| Jinan | /ȵiŋ⁴²/ | |
| Qingdao | /niŋ⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /niŋ³¹²/ | |
| Xi'an | /niŋ²⁴/ | |
| Xining | /ȵiə̃²⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /niŋ⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ȵĩn⁵³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /ȵiŋ⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /nin²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /nin³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /nin²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /lĩ¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /lin²⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /lin⁵⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /niəŋ¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /ȵiŋ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /nĩŋ³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ȵiŋ²³/ |
| Suzhou | /ȵin¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ȵin²¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /ȵaŋ³¹/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /niʌ̃⁴⁴/ |
| Tunxi |
/lɛ⁴⁴/ ～可 /lin¹¹/ 姓～ |
|
| Xiang | Changsha | /ȵin¹³/ |
| Xiangtan | /ȵin¹²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /lin⁴⁵/ ～都縣 |
| Hakka | Meixian | /nen¹¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /nen¹¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /neŋ²¹/ |
| Nanning | /neŋ²¹/ | |
| Hong Kong | /niŋ²¹/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /liŋ³⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /niŋ⁵³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /naiŋ²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /leŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /neŋ³¹/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 寧 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 寧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
níng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ neng › |
| Old Chinese |
/*nˤeŋ/ |
| English | peace |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 寧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9556 |
| Phonetic component |
寧 |
| Rime group |
耕 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
寧 |
| Old Chinese |
/*neːŋ/ |
Noun
寧
Proper noun
寧
- A surname.
Korean
Hanja
寧 • (nyeong)
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 녕 (revised: nyeong, McCune-Reischauer: nyŏng, Yale: nyeng)
- Name (hangeul): 편안할 녕()
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Compounds
- 安寧 (안녕, annyeong)
Vietnamese
Han character
寧 (ninh)
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