nìng

mud

Still  water  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
SoundMeaning component
níng, nìng peaceful

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangneːs
neːŋʔ
neːŋs

說文解字

滎濘也。从水寕聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

nìng, zhù, níng mud Simplified

Still  water  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
SoundMeaning component
níng, nìng peaceful, (storage container)

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode