宁
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
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丁
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宀
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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.
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.
peaceful / to pacify / to visit (one's parents etc)
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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.
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.
variant of 寧|宁[ning2]
宁
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宀
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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.
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 character breakdown
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
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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.
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.
"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]
宀
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丶
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冖
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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.
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
(used as a bound form in 薴烯|苧烯[ning2 xi1], limonene) / tangled / in disarray
Words with 宁
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, abbr. 寧|宁[Ning2], capital Yinchuan 銀川|银川[Yin2 chuan1]
Ning'er County in Yunnan / abbr. for Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County 寧洱哈尼族彞族自治縣|宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县[Ning2 er3 Ha1 ni2 zu2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
Better broken jade than intact tile. / Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)
see 寧做雞頭，不做鳳尾|宁做鸡头，不做凤尾[ning4 zuo4 ji1 tou2 , bu4 zuo4 feng4 wei3]
better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option
Ninglang Yizu Autonomous County in Lijiang 麗江|丽江[Li4 jiang1], Yunnan
Ning'er County in Yunnan / abbr. for Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County 寧洱哈尼族彞族自治縣|宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县[Ning2 er3 Ha1 ni2 zu2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]