寧 – rather, preferably, peaceful

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The kanji 寧 means rather, preferably, peaceful, quiet, tranquility. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ネイ (nei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is むし.ろ (mushiro). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 宀 (no. 40).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ネイ	nei
Kun’yomi	むし.ろ	mushiro

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 宀 (Kangxi radical 40). Components: 一・心・買・亅・宀・皿.

Words using 寧

丁寧ていねいpolite寧ろむしろrather

Kanji with the same radical

定実家安官容宅害宮審守察室客完富

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