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Kanji Detail for 寧 - "peaceful, tranquil, serene"

寧

  • Meaning

    寧 means "peaceful, tranquil, serene."

    1. Peaceful - Calm and tranquil; serene.

    2. Rather - Preferably; would rather.

    3. Tranquil - Quiet and calm; undisturbed.

    4. Sincere - Heartfelt; genuine.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    rather; preferably; peaceful; quiet; tranquility

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    repose, serenity, peace; peaceful

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]; abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1]; surname Ning

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Peaceful. | To visit. A married daughter returning to visit her parents is called 歸寧. | A word expressing preference. Such as 寧可, 寧使. | [Character analysis] The characters 寧 and 甯 have similar but slightly different meanings. 安寧, 丁寧 use 寧. Place names and surnames mostly use 甯. Classics sometimes interchange them. During the Qing, to avoid Emperor Xuanzong Minning's name taboo, 寧 was all written as 甯. Also abbreviated as 𡨴.
  • Onyomitip

    nei(ネイ) ネイ

  • Kunyomitip

    mushiro(むしろ) むしろ

  • Strokestip

    14 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    宀 (ukammuri)

  • Related Keywords
    peaceful tranquil calm serene quiet still undisturbed rather prefer sincere genuine heartfelt composed placid relaxed content harmonious stable secure safe

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