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)

Shuowen Jiezi radical №504

Derived characters

佇(伫), 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: 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) .

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhù (zhu⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cyu⁵

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)⁺
  - Jyutping: cyu⁵
  - Yale: chyúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: qu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰyː¹³/

Middle Chinese: /ɖɨʌ/, /ɖɨʌ^X/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨʌ/	/ɖɨʌ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiɔ/	/ɖiɔ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiɔ/	/ȡiɔ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖɨə̆/	/ɖɨə̆^X/
Li Rong	/ȡiɔ/	/ȡiɔ^X/
Wang Li	/ȡĭo/	/ȡĭo^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯wo/	/ȡʱi̯wo^X/
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

(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, 宁, 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, 宁, 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

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

calm
peaceful
serene
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)

garden
peace

Vietnamese

Han character

宁: Hán Nôm readings: trữ

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Zhuang

Proper noun

宁

Sawndip form of ningz