• 1017th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 214 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

Common

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)

Uncommon

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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  • 721st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 79 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jìng (jing4)still • calm • quiet • not moving

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jìng (jing4)The component is pronounced as 'qīng' (qing1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for jìng (jing4)The component is pronounced as 'jué' (jue2). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

冷静 (冷靜)
安静 (安靜)
宁静 (寧靜)
平静 (平靜)

Uncommon

动静 (動靜)
寂静 (寂靜)
幽静 (幽靜)
心静 (心靜)
恬静 (恬靜)
文静 (文靜)
梁静茹 (梁靜茹)
沉静 (沉靜)
清静 (清靜)
镇静 (鎮靜)
静候 (靜候)
静坐 (靜坐)
静心 (靜心)
静悄悄 (靜悄悄)
静止 (靜止)
静脉 (靜脈)
静谧 (靜謐)
静电 (靜電)
静音 (靜音)
静默 (靜默)

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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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