| Chinese Text Project |
| 寧 U+5BE7 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen | 宁 Simplified character | 寍 Semantic variant Semantic variant | 𡨴 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 宀+ 11 strokes = 14 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.197#3 Kangxi: p.291#08 Cihai: p.428r6c01 GSR: 837.a Hanyu: v2,p0949#05 |
| Composition: | Top: 寍, bottom: 丁. Compositionally related: 寧 . Component of: 儜 𫍾 嬣 嚀 懧 擰 濘 獰 㣷 𭔞 𭟋 𦡲 檸 㲰 矃 𭔤 𤻝 𥣗 𮄽 𫴞 [More] |
| Mandarin: | níng nìng zhù ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄓㄨˋ |
| Cantonese: | ning4 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *neng neng |
| Shuowen: | 《丂部》寧：願詞也。从丂寍聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·下平聲·靑·寧》寧：安也。《說文》曰：願詞也，亦州名禹貢古西戎地秦爲北地郡亦爲豳州又爲寧州。奴丁切，九。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·宀部·十一》寧：〔古文〕寍《唐韻》奴丁切《集韻》《韻會》囊丁切《正韻》奴經切，𠀤佞平聲。《說文》願詞也。从丂，寍聲。又安也。《易·乾卦》首出庶物，萬國咸寧。《詩·大雅》文王有聲，遹求厥寧。《書·康誥》裕乃以民寧。《註》行寬政，乃以安民也。又《書·洪範》五福，三曰康寧。《註》無疾病也。又女嫁歸省父母曰寧。《詩·周南》歸寧父母。又予寧居喪也。《前漢·哀帝紀》博士弟子父母喪，子寧三年。又無寧，寧也，願辭也。《左傳·隱十一年》無寧兹許公復奉其社稷。又《襄二十六年》若不幸而過，寧僭無濫。《書·大禹謨》與其殺不辜，寧失不經。又丁寧，屬付諄復也。《前漢·郞顗傳》丁寧再三。俗作叮嚀。又丁寧，鉦也。《左傳·宣四年》著於丁寧。《正義》言著於丁寧，則丁寧是器。《晉語》伐備鐘鼓，聲罪也。戰以錞于丁寧，儆其民也。是丁寧，戰之用也。又州名，秦北郡，魏置華州，西魏改寧州。又姓。又《集韻》乃定切，音佞。通甯。《前漢·郊祀歌》穰穰復正直往甯。《師古註》叶音平聲。言獲福旣多，歸於正道，克當往日所願也。又叶乃挺切，佞上聲。《張載·七命》王猷四塞，圅夏謐寧。丹冥投烽，靑徼釋警。又叶女良切，音娘。《蘇軾·富鄭公𥓓》堂堂韓公，與萊相望。再聘於燕，四方以寧。望平聲。《韻會》本作寧，經史作寧，俗作寜。寧从丂。 |
| Fanqie: | 奴丁 (《廣韻·下平聲·靑·寧》) |
| Unihan definition: | repose, serenity, peace; peaceful |
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[Show proper names]Example usage
| 《論語·八佾》: | 禮，與其奢也，寧儉。 |
| In festive ceremonies, it is better to be sparing than extravagant. | |
| 《孟子·滕文公下》: | 昔者禹抑洪水而天下平，周公兼夷狄驅猛獸而百姓寧，孔子成《春秋》而亂臣賊子懼。 |
| In former times, Yu repressed the vast waters of the inundation, and the country was reduced to order. Zhou Gong's achievements extended even to the barbarous tribes of the east and north, and he drove away all ferocious animals, and the people enjoyed repose. Confucius completed the "Spring and Autumn," and rebellious ministers and villainous sons were struck with terror. | |
| 《揚子法言·序》: | 孝莫大於寧親，寧親莫大於寧神，寧神莫大於四表之歡心，譔《孝至》。 |
| In terms of filial devotion, nothing is greater than pacifying one's parents. In pacifying one's parents, nothing is greater than pacifying the spirits. In pacifying the spirits, nothing is greater than making the xin of the whole world joyful. Thus I have written "The Ultimate in Filial Devotion." | |
| 《墨子·尚賢中》: | 若有美善則歸之上，是以美善在上，而所怨謗在下，寧樂在君，憂慼在臣，故古者聖王之為政若此。 |
| When there were any excellences and virtues they were attributed to the emperor. Thus excellences and virtues belonged to the emperor while complaints and slanders were directed against the subordinates. Peace and joy abode with the king while worries and sorrows were lodged with the officials. This was how the ancient sage-kings administered the government. | |
| 《莊子·德充符》: | 婦人見之，請於父母曰『與為人妻，寧為夫子妾』者，十數而未止也。 |
| His wife, when she saw him (ugly as he was), represented to her parents, saying, "I had more than ten times rather be his concubine than the wife of any other man." | |
| 《道德經》: | 地得一以寧。 |
| Earth rendered thereby firm and sure. | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 天下有不順者，黃帝從而征之，平者去之，披山通道，未嘗寧居。 |
| Those in the empire who would not submit, Huangdi pursued and chastised, and when they were subdued he left them. He made cuttings in hills, opened roads, and was never at rest. | |
| 《禮記·緇衣》: | 《詩》云：『昔吾有先正，其言明且清，國家以寧，都邑以成，庶民以生。』 |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 故人無禮不生，事無禮不成，國家無禮不寧。 |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 《詩》云：「濟濟多士，文王以寧。」 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 俱不能備而偏行之，寧有質而無文。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 政無禮則不行，王事無禮則不成，國無禮則不寧，王無禮則死亡無日矣。 |
| 《大戴禮記·夏小正》: | 札者，寧縣也。 |
| 《白虎通德論·京師》: | 時寧先皇者，不以諸侯移，必先請從然後行。 |
| 《新書·大政下》: | 故治國家者，行道之謂，國家必寧，信道而不為，國家必空。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 於是高皇帝即日駕，西都關中，由是國家安寧 |
| 《中論·爵祿》: | 太公亮武王克商寧亂，王封之爽鳩氏之墟，東至於海，西至於河，南至於穆陵，北至於無棣。 |
| 《孔子家語·困誓》: | 與其見夫子仍遇於難，寧我鬭死。 |
| 《潛夫論·本政》: | 故君臣法令善則民安樂，民安樂則天心惣，天心惣則陰陽和，陰陽和則五穀豐，五穀豐而民眉壽，民眉壽則興於義，興於義而無姦行，無姦行則世平，而國家寧、社稷安，而君尊榮矣。 |
| 《論衡·書虛》: | 或曰：「舜、禹治水，不得寧處，故舜死於蒼梧，禹死於會稽。」 |
| 《太玄經·度》: | 測曰，「幹不幹」、不能有寧也。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 當此時也，寧復有虎耶？ |
| 《孔叢子·廣訓》: | 無寧，寧也。 |
| 《申鑒·雜言上》: | 膏盲純白，二豎不生，茲謂心寧，省闥清淨，嬖孽不生，茲謂政平。 |
| 《忠經·兆人章》: | 天地泰寧，君之德也。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 故知天者仰觀天文，知地者俯察地理，跂行喘息，蜎飛蠕動之類，水生陸行，根著葉長之屬，為寧其心而安其性，蓋天地相承，氣感相應而成者也。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 太祝掌六祝之辭：順祝、願豐年也，年祝、求永真也，告祝、祈福祥也，化祝、弭災兵也，瑞祝、逆時雨、寧風旱也，策祝、遠罪病也。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 冬至陽氣始，起，麋鹿解角，故寢兵鼓，身欲寧，志欲靜，不聽事，送迎五日，臘者，歲終大祭，縱吏民宴飲，非迎氣，故但送不迎。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 羊奚比乎不筍，久竹生青寧，青寧生程，程生馬，馬生人。 |
| 《鶡冠子·度萬》: | 唯聖人能正其音調其聲，故其德上反太清，下及泰寧，中及萬靈，膏露降，白丹發，醴泉出，朱草生，眾祥具，故萬口云，帝制神化，景星光潤。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 中之得也，五藏寧，思慮平，筋骨勁強，耳目聰明。 |
| 《列仙傳·寧封子》: | 寧封子者，黃帝時人也，世傳為黃帝陶正。 |
| 《鬻子》: | 昔者，魯周公使康叔往守於殷，戒之曰：「與殺不辜，寧失有罪。」 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 故曰：一布名於天下，天得一以清，地得一以寧，侯王得一以為正平，入為心，出為行，布施為德，摠名為一。 |
| 《韓非子·揚權》: | 至於群生，斟酌用之，萬物皆盛，而不與其寧。 |
| 《慎子·知忠》: | 臣之欲忠者不絕世，而君未得寧其上，無遇比干、子胥之忠，而毀瘁主君於闇墨之中，遂染溺滅名而死。 |
| 《管子·輕重甲》: | 桓公問四因，與癸乙管子寧戚相與四坐。 |
| 《公孫龍子·通變論》: | 與馬以雞，寧馬。 |
| 《吳子·治兵》: | 寧勞於人，慎無勞馬。 |
| 《六韜·立將》: | 是故風雨時節，五穀豐熟，社稷安寧。 |
| 《三略·下略》: | 則民得其所，而天下寧。 |
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