níng

peaceful

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Depicts a peaceful place () with food () to eat . represents the meaning.

Components

Iconic component
mián roof
Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
Iconic component
mǐn, mǐng dish

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangneːŋ

說文解字

《說文》:“寍,安也。从宀,心在皿上。人之飲食器。所以安人。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica