甯

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See also: 𡩋, 寗, and 宁
甯 U+752F, 甯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-752F
← 甮
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 田 →

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)

Derived characters

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

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

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 甯
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		nìng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ nengH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*nˁŋ-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. * 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

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.

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)

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

甯: Hán Nôm readings: ninh

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References

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