宁

old variant of 寧|宁[ning4]

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

宁 = 丁 + 宀 : Mnemonic symbol: 列宁, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

Vladimir Lenin (宁) enters engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) when Nefertiti (ni) is preparing dinner. Nefertiti thinks Lenin wants to start a revolution, so she immediately tries to throw him out, but Lenin tells her he wants to remain peaceful (宁) and learn how to cook. As sign of humility he even takes his graduation cap (宀) and nails (丁) it to the wall.

宁

寧

níng = ni + (e)ng2

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

宁

寧

nìng = ni + (e)ng4

would rather / to prefer / how (emphatic) / Taiwan pr. [ning2]

宁

甯

níng = ni + (e)ng2

variant of 寧|宁[ning2]

㝉

宁

zhù = zhu + Ø4

to store / to stand / space between the door and the entrance screen

宁 character breakdown

宁
- 丁
  - 一
  - 亅
- 宀
  - 丶
  - 冖

丁

di̅ng = di + (e)ng1

male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1 gan1] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl

丁 = 一 + 亅 : Mnemonic symobl: a nail. 一 is the head of the nail and 亅 is the shaft. The point of the nail is already a bit bent.

Dorothy Gale (di) balances a flute (一) on a crowbar (亅) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). For this trick, she wins the fourth (丁) place in an artists competition and gets a quarter (丁) of a pizza as prize. Unfortunately, there is a big nail (mnemonic symbol for 丁) on the pizza slice.

宀

mián = mi + an2

"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]

宀 = 丶 + 冖 : Mnemonic symbol: the strokes of this character look like a graduation cap (宀).

Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to cook in the anthill's kitchen (an2) but she's afraid of the ants. That's why she builds a bunker: she uses a saucepan lid (冖) as the base, constructs pillars out of petals (丶) and uses a graduation cap (宀) as the roof.

Characters with 宁 as component

拧

擰

nǐng = ni + (e)ng3

mistake / to twist

拧 = 宁 + 扌 : Nefertiti (ni) just twisted (拧) Lenin (宁) around with a toy claw (扌) to go in the other direction in the engine ((e)ng3), but she doesn't know if it was a mistake (拧).

拧

擰

nìng = ni + (e)ng4

stubborn

拧 = 宁 + 扌 : Nefertiti (ni) wants Lenin (宁) to use engine's men's bathroom ((e)ng4), but Lenin is so stubborn (拧) to insist on using the women's bathroom and threatens Nefertiti with a toy claw (扌).

拧

擰

níng = ni + (e)ng2

to pinch / wring

拧 = 宁 + 扌 : Lenin (宁) is pinching (拧) Nefertiti's (ni) ass with a toy claw (扌) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2).

贮

貯

zhù = zhu + Ø4

to store / to save / stockpile / Taiwan pr. [zhu3]

柠

檸

níng = ni + (e)ng2