寧
níngNíngnìng

peaceful

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rejected by Hsmq · Feb 12, 2026, 03:50 PM · Reviewed by inralback19 on Feb 12, 2026, 10:59 PM

Not 丁

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Depicts a peaceful place (宀) with food on table (丂) to eat (皿). 心 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound.

Components

宀
宀 Iconic component
心
心 Meaning component
皿
皿 Iconic component

Depicts a container of food.

丂
丂 Iconic component

Depicts a table.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnengnˤeŋ peace

說文解字

《說文》：“寧，願詞也。从丂，寍聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)