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 №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

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

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

Pictogram (象形).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

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/

• 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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*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

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 Nôm readings: trữ

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Zhuang

Proper noun

宁

1. Sawndip form of ningz