宁

See also: 宇, 字, 亭, 寧, and 甯

宁 U+5B81, 宁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B81 ← 宀 [U+5B80] CJK Unified Ideographs 宂 → [U+5B82]

Translingual

Han character

宁 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+2, 5 strokes, Cangjie input 十一弓 (JMN), four-corner 3020₁, composition ⿱宀丁)

1. Shuowen Jiezi radical number 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

Characters in the same phonetic series (宁) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
貯	*taʔ
詝	*taʔ
柠	*tʰaʔ
宁	*da, *daʔ
佇	*daʔ
竚	*daʔ
苧	*daʔ
紵	*daʔ
羜	*daʔ
眝	*daʔ

Pictogram (象形).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhù (zhu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhù
    • Wade–Giles: chu⁴
    • Yale: jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juh
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cyu⁵
    • Yale: chyúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: qu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyː¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: drjo, drjoX

Rime
Character	宁	宁
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	直魚切	直吕切
Baxter	drjo	drjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨʌ/	/ɖɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiɔ/	/ɖiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiɔ/	/ȡiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖɨə̆/	/ɖɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ȡiɔ/	/ȡiɔX/
Wang Li	/ȡĭo/	/ȡĭoX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯wo/	/ȡʱi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chú	zhù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyu4	zyu6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*da/, /*daʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	宁	宁
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	17632	17638
Phonetic component	宁	宁
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	除
Old Chinese	/*da/	/*daʔ/

Definitions

宁

1. (historical) space between the door and the entrance screen, or between the two side houses in the main entrance
2. Original form of 貯 (“to store; to accumulate; to gather”).
3. 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

From the cursive form of 寧.

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: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 宁 – see 甯. (This character is the simplified form of 甯).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

宁

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. calm
2. peaceful
3. serene
4. healthy

Readings

• On (unclassified): ちょ (cho)
• Kun: たくわえる (takuwaeru)、たたずむ (tatazumu)

Korean

Hanja

宁 • (jeo) (hangeul 저, revised jeo, McCune–Reischauer chŏ)

1. garden
2. peace

Vietnamese

Han character

宁: Hán Việt readings: trữ, ninh
宁: Nôm readings: chữ, giữ, giữa, ninh, chữa

Etymology 1

Noun

宁 • (chữ)

1. chữ Nôm form of chữ (“letter; character; script”)

Etymology 2

Verb

宁 • (giữ)

1. chữ Nôm form of giữ (“to keep; to safeguard”)

Etymology 3

Preposition

宁 • (giữa)

1. chữ Nôm form of giữa (“in the middle; in the center”)

Etymology 4

Glyph origin

Simplified variant of 寧 (ninh).

Combining form

宁 • (ninh)

1. chữ Nôm form of ninh (“used in đinh ninh (“to be absolutely sure, to be certain”)”)

Zhuang

Proper noun

宁

1. Sawndip form of ningz