漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
寧: rather, preferably
Also: peaceful, quiet, tranquility
JLPT N114 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 寍(sound)
- 丁street(meaning)
丁 carries the meaning · 寍 gives the sound
14 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ネイnei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 丁寧ていねい
- 安寧あんねい(public) peace; stability; tranquility
むしろmushiro · kun'yomi · on its own
- 寧ろむしろrather; better; instead
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Under one roof! Imagine the safety and warmth of a sturdy house at the end of a long day.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
丁
Also built on street (丁)
In ChineseSimplified 宁 · traditional, as in Japanese · níng
Japan keeps the traditional form 寧; mainland China simplifies it to 宁.
- Simplified
- 宁 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 寧 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin níng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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