宁
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 宁. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 宁, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 宁 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 宁 you have here. The definition of the word 宁 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of宁, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
| ||||||||
Translingual
Han character
宁 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 十一弓 (JMN), four-corner 30201, composition ⿱宀丁)
- Shuowen Jiezi radical №504
Derived characters
- 佇(伫), 拧, 𢁼, 𤆼, 眝(𪾣), 竚(𥩟), 𬑱, 𮀓, 𮁫, 紵(纻), 羜(𬙯), 詝(𬣞), 貯(贮), 𨀉, 𤲑, 𩶂, 苧(苎), 䇡, 𫹿, 㿾 - (Note: Already existed prior to simplification of characters. Some characters are further simplified to the component 㝉 in mainland China to avoid confusion with characters derived from 寧)
- 𪥰, 𬲲, 㤖, 𬍜, 𬬾, 聍, 𫛢, 𮫂 (Extended simplified forms of 嬣, 䭢, 懧, 𤪥, 鑏, 聹, 鸋, 鬡 in mainland China. Some characters may also have existed prior to simplification)
Related characters
- 寧 (Traditional form of 宁)
- 甯 (Traditional form of 宁 but may also be used in surnames or given names in mainland China)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 281, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7055
- Dae Jaweon: page 551, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 910, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5B81
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
宁 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 宁 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
|
|
|
|
Pictogram (象形) .
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhù
- Wade–Giles: chu4
- Yale: jù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juh
- Palladius: чжу (čžu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: cyu5
- Yale: chyúh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsy5
- Guangdong Romanization: qu5
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰyː¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: drjo, drjoX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*da/, /*daʔ/
Definitions
宁
- (historical) space between the door and the entrance screen, or between the two side houses in the main entrance
- Original form of 貯 (“to store; to accumulate; to gather”).
- Original form of 佇 (“to stand for a long time”).
Usage notes
As a phonetic component, reduced to 㝉 in Simplified Chinese to distinguish from 宁 below, the simplified form of 寧.
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 宁 – see 寧 (“peaceful; tranquil; serene; at peace; to stabilise; to pacify; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 寧). |
Notes:
|
Etymology 3
| For pronunciation and definitions of 宁 – see 甯. (This character is the simplified form of 甯). |
Notes:
|
Japanese
Kanji
宁
Readings
Korean
Hanja
宁 • (jeo) (hangeul 저, revised jeo, McCune–Reischauer chŏ)
Vietnamese
Han character
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}.
Zhuang
Proper noun
宁