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Translingual

Han character

(radical 40 +11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十心月弓 (JPBN), four-corner 30201, composition)

  1. repose, serenity, peace
  2. peaceful

References

  • KangXi: page 291, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7296
  • Dae Jaweon: page 577, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 949, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5BE7

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*neːs, *neːŋʔ, *neːŋs
*rnaːŋ
*rnaːŋʔ
*rneːŋ
*rneːŋ
*rneːŋ
*rneːŋ
*rneːŋ
*neːŋ
*neːŋs
*neːŋs
*neːŋ
*neːŋ, *neːŋs
*neːŋ
*neːŋ, *neːŋʔ

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /niŋ³⁵/
Harbin /niŋ²⁴/
Tianjin /niŋ⁴⁵/ 安~
/niŋ⁵³/
Jinan /ȵiŋ⁴²/
Qingdao /niŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /niŋ³¹²/
Xi'an /niŋ²⁴/
Xining /ȵiə̃²⁴/
Yinchuan /niŋ⁵³/
Lanzhou /ȵĩn⁵³/
Ürümqi /ȵiŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan /nin²¹³/
Chengdu /nin³¹/
Guiyang /nin²¹/
Kunming /lĩ¹/
Nanjing /lin²⁴/
Hefei /lin⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /niəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /ȵiŋ¹³/
Hohhot /nĩŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ȵiŋ²³/
Suzhou /ȵin¹³/
Hangzhou /ȵin²¹³/
Wenzhou /ȵaŋ³¹/
Hui Shexian /niʌ̃⁴⁴/
Tunxi /lɛ⁴⁴/ ~可
/lin¹¹/ 姓~
Xiang Changsha /ȵin¹³/
Xiangtan /ȵin¹²/
Gan Nanchang /lin⁴⁵/ ~都縣
Hakka Meixian /nen¹¹/
Taoyuan /nen¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /neŋ²¹/
Nanning /neŋ²¹/
Hong Kong /niŋ²¹/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /liŋ³⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /niŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /naiŋ²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /leŋ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /neŋ³¹/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (8)
Final () (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/neŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/neŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/nɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/nɛjŋ/
Li
Rong
/neŋ/
Wang
Li
/nieŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/nieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
níng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
níng
Middle
Chinese
‹ neng ›
Old
Chinese
/*nˤeŋ/
English peace

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9556
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*neːŋ/

Definitions

  1. quiet

Compounds

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /niŋ³⁵/
Harbin /niŋ²⁴/
Tianjin /niŋ⁴⁵/ 安~
/niŋ⁵³/
Jinan /ȵiŋ⁴²/
Qingdao /niŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /niŋ³¹²/
Xi'an /niŋ²⁴/
Xining /ȵiə̃²⁴/
Yinchuan /niŋ⁵³/
Lanzhou /ȵĩn⁵³/
Ürümqi /ȵiŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan /nin²¹³/
Chengdu /nin³¹/
Guiyang /nin²¹/
Kunming /lĩ¹/
Nanjing /lin²⁴/
Hefei /lin⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /niəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /ȵiŋ¹³/
Hohhot /nĩŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ȵiŋ²³/
Suzhou /ȵin¹³/
Hangzhou /ȵin²¹³/
Wenzhou /ȵaŋ³¹/
Hui Shexian /niʌ̃⁴⁴/
Tunxi /lɛ⁴⁴/ ~可
/lin¹¹/ 姓~
Xiang Changsha /ȵin¹³/
Xiangtan /ȵin¹²/
Gan Nanchang /lin⁴⁵/ ~都縣
Hakka Meixian /nen¹¹/
Taoyuan /nen¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /neŋ²¹/
Nanning /neŋ²¹/
Hong Kong /niŋ²¹/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /liŋ³⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /niŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /naiŋ²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /leŋ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /neŋ³¹/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (8)
Final () (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/neŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/neŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/nɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/nɛjŋ/
Li
Rong
/neŋ/
Wang
Li
/nieŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/nieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
níng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
níng
Middle
Chinese
‹ neng ›
Old
Chinese
/*nˤeŋ/
English peace

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9556
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*neːŋ/

Definitions

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Compounds

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /niŋ³⁵/
Harbin /niŋ²⁴/
Tianjin /niŋ⁴⁵/ 安~
/niŋ⁵³/
Jinan /ȵiŋ⁴²/
Qingdao /niŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /niŋ³¹²/
Xi'an /niŋ²⁴/
Xining /ȵiə̃²⁴/
Yinchuan /niŋ⁵³/
Lanzhou /ȵĩn⁵³/
Ürümqi /ȵiŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan /nin²¹³/
Chengdu /nin³¹/
Guiyang /nin²¹/
Kunming /lĩ¹/
Nanjing /lin²⁴/
Hefei /lin⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /niəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /ȵiŋ¹³/
Hohhot /nĩŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ȵiŋ²³/
Suzhou /ȵin¹³/
Hangzhou /ȵin²¹³/
Wenzhou /ȵaŋ³¹/
Hui Shexian /niʌ̃⁴⁴/
Tunxi /lɛ⁴⁴/ ~可
/lin¹¹/ 姓~
Xiang Changsha /ȵin¹³/
Xiangtan /ȵin¹²/
Gan Nanchang /lin⁴⁵/ ~都縣
Hakka Meixian /nen¹¹/
Taoyuan /nen¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /neŋ²¹/
Nanning /neŋ²¹/
Hong Kong /niŋ²¹/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /liŋ³⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /niŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /naiŋ²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /leŋ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /neŋ³¹/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (8)
Final () (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/neŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/neŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/nɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/nɛjŋ/
Li
Rong
/neŋ/
Wang
Li
/nieŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/nieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
níng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
níng
Middle
Chinese
‹ neng ›
Old
Chinese
/*nˤeŋ/
English peace

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9556
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*neːŋ/

Noun

  1. rather

Proper noun

  1. A surname.

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. rather

Readings

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

(nyeong)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: nyeong, McCune-Reischauer: nyŏng, Yale: nyeng)
  • Name (hangeul): 편안할 녕()
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Compounds


Vietnamese

Han character

(ninh)

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