nìng

mud

Still  water  also provides the pronunciation

Components

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

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

mud Traditional

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