• 1017th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 154 words
  • Component in 12 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. níng (Ning2)abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1] • abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1] • surname Ning
2. níng (ning2)peaceful • rather
3. nìng (ning4)rather • to prefer
4. níng (ning2)peaceful

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for níng (ning2)The component is pronounced as 'dīng' (ding1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for nìng (ning4)The component is pronounced as 'dīng' (ding1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

列宁 (列寧)
南宁 (南寧)
安宁 (安寧)
 ()
宁可 (寧可)
宁波 (寧波)
宁静 (寧靜)
宁愿 (寧願)
辽宁 (遼寧)

Medium Frequency

南宁市 (南寧市)
咸宁 (咸寧)
大宁 (大寧)
宁夏 (寧夏)
宁德 (寧德)
宁死不屈 (寧死不屈)
宁波市 (寧波市)
宁海 (寧海)
宁缺毋滥 (寧缺毋濫)
宁肯 (寧肯)
宁乡 (寧鄉)
宁静致远 (寧靜致遠)
广宁 (廣寧)
心神不宁 (心神不寧)
息事宁人 (息事寧人)
普宁 (普寧)
普宁市 (普寧市)
李宁 (李寧)
武宁 (武寧)
江宁 (江寧)
江宁区 (江寧區)
海宁 (海寧)
沪宁 (滬寧)
济宁 (濟寧)
兴宁 (興寧)
万宁 (萬寧)
西宁 (西寧)
贝宁 (貝寧)
遂宁 (遂寧)
辽宁省 (遼寧省)
长宁 (長寧)
长宁区 (長寧區)
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  • 663rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 100 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Bo1)Poland • Polish • abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bo1 lan2]
2. (bo1)wave • ripple • storm • surge

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

High Frequency

奔波 
宁波 (寧波)
 

Medium Frequency

仁波切 
光波 
周立波 
宁波市 (寧波市)
微波 
微波炉 (微波爐)
波动 (波動)
波及 
波士顿 (波士頓)
波折 
波斯 
波斯湾 (波斯灣)
波斯猫 (波斯貓)
波段 
波浪 
波涛 (波濤)
波澜 (波瀾)
波澜壮阔 (波瀾壯闊)
波尔多 (波爾多)
波特 
波纹 (波紋)
波兰 (波蘭)
波音 
烟波 (煙波)
王小波 
莎拉波娃 
超声波 (超聲波)
阿波罗 (阿波羅)
随波逐流 (隨波逐流)
电波 (電波)
电磁波 (電磁波)
风波 (風波)
香波 
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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