寧

peaceful; rather; preferably; quiet; tranquility

14 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1697.

Readings

• ネイ (on reading): 丁寧 (ていねい) polite; 安寧 (あんねい) (public) peace
• むしろ (kun reading)

Components

• 寍
• 丁
• 一 radical one
• 亅 radical hook
• 宀 radical roof
• 心 radical heart
• 皿 radical dish
• 買 radical net, top form of 网

Kanji containing 寧

• 嚀 kindness
• 濘 muddiness
• 獰 bad
• 檸 lemon tree
• 聹 noisy

Words using 寧

• 丁寧 (ていねい) polite
• 安寧 (あんねい) (public) peace
• 丁寧語 (ていねいご) polite language (e.g. masu, desu)
• 寧夏回族自治区 (ねいかかいぞくじちく) Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (China)
• 安寧秩序 (あんねいちつじょ) peace and order

20 words in all.

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