宁

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peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc)

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HSK 3.0: Level 4
Old HSK: Level 5
Strokes: 5
Radical: 宀 +2
Structure: Top–bottom 上下
Traditional: 宁
Common rank: #310
Unicode: U+5B81

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Formation & memory

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How 宁 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

宀 meaning “roof” + 丁 sound ( dīng )

Components 宀丁

How to remember it

calm · Heisig RSH #1558

house + spike

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 宁

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
心神不宁	xīn shén bù níng	to feel ill at ease
大宁县	Dà níng Xiàn	Daning, a county in Linfen City 臨汾市\|临汾市[Lin2 fen2 Shi4], Shanxi
中宁县	Zhōng níng Xiàn	Zhongning, a county in Zhongwei City 中衛市\|中卫市[Zhong1 wei4 Shi4], Ningxia
宁国市	Níng guó Shì	Ningguo, a county-level city in Xuancheng City 宣城市[Xuan1 cheng2 Shi4], Anhui
天宁区	Tiān níng Qū	Tianning, a district of Changzhou City 常州市[Chang2 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu
宁海县	Níng hǎi Xiàn	Ninghai, a county in Ningbo City 寧波市\|宁波市[Ning2 bo1 Shi4], Zhejiang
宁化县	Níng huà Xiàn	Ninghua, a county in Sanming City 三明市[San1 ming2 Shi4], Fujian
海宁市	Hǎi níng Shì	Haining, a county-level city in Jiaxing City 嘉興市\|嘉兴市[Jia1 xing1 Shi4], Zhejiang
会宁县	Huì níng Xiàn	Huining, a county in Baiyin City 白銀市\|白银市[Bai2 yin2 Shi4], Gansu
安宁区	Ān níng Qū	Anning, a district of Lanzhou City 蘭州市\|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4], Gansu
安宁市	Ān níng Shì	Anning, a county-level city in Kunming City 昆明市[Kun1 ming2 Shi4], Yunnan
宁安市	Níng ān Shì	Ning'an, a county-level city in Mudanjiang City 牡丹江市[Mu3 dan1 jiang1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
长宁县	Cháng níng Xiàn	Changning, a county in Yibin City 宜賓市\|宜宾市[Yi2 bin1 Shi4], Sichuan
西宁市	Xī níng Shì	Xining, prefecture-level city and capital of Qinghai Province 青海省[Qing1 hai3 Sheng3]
长宁区	Cháng níng qū	Changning district, central Shanghai
宁德市	Níng dé Shì	Ningde, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 Sheng3]
宁南县	Níng nán Xiàn	Ningnan, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州\|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 z…
宁城县	Níng chéng Xiàn	Ningcheng, a county in Chifeng City 赤峰市[Chi4 feng1 Shi4], Inner Mongolia
新宁县	Xīn níng Xiàn	Xinning, a county in Shaoyang City 邵陽市\|邵阳市[Shao4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan
南宁市	Nán níng Shì	Nanning, prefecture-level city and capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區\|广西壮…

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 丁 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
丁 sound part	dīng	male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem
打	dǎ	to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
灯	dēng	lamp, lantern, light
顶	dǐng	top, summit, peak; to carry on the head
厅	tīng	hall, central room
订	dìng	to make an order; to draw up an agreement
汀	tīng	bank, sandbar; beach, shore
叮	dīng	to persistently exhort or urge; sting (as of an insect)
盯	dīng	to rivet one's gaze upon; to keep eyes on
町	tǐng	a raised path between fields
仃	dīng	lonely, solitary
酊	dīng	drunk, intoxicated
疔	dīng	boil, carbuncle, ulcer
玎	dīng	jingling, tinkling
耵	dīng	earwax