宁 (Níng): meaning and stroke order
宁 (Níng) means abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 宁夏回族自治区, abbr. for Nanjing 南京, surname Ning.
宁
- Simplified
- 宁
- Traditional
- 寧, 甯, 寕
- Pinyin
- Níng · nìng
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Stroke order of 宁
宁
- zhù to store; to stand
- nìng old variant of 寧|宁[ning4]
- Níng 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]
- 5 strokes
- Simplified form: 㝉
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Meaning of 宁
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Níng
Traditional 寧
- 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
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níng
Traditional 寧
- peaceful
- to pacify
- to visit (one's parents etc)
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níng
Traditional 甯
- variant of 寧|宁[ning2]
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nìng
Traditional 寧
- would rather
- to prefer
- how (emphatic)
- Taiwan pr. [ning2]
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nìng
Traditional 寕
- old variant of 寧|宁[ning4]
Radical and structure
- 宁
- Radical 宀 (Kangxi radical 40) · 5 strokes · 宀 on top, 丁 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 宁
- 宁可 nìng kě preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...)
- 宁愿 nìng yuàn would rather ... (than ...)
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).