Chinese symbol for “peaceful”
宁
níng
Traditional: 寧
peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for peaceful is 宁 (níng), defined as: peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “peaceful”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 安宁 (安寧) | ān níng | peaceful; tranquil |
| 清净 (清淨) | qīng jìng | peaceful; quiet |
| 安 | ān | (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease |
| 安生 | ān shēng | peaceful; restful |
| 靖 | jìng | (bound form) peaceful; (bound form) to pacify; to suppress |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 宁.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宁愿 (寧願) | nìng yuàn | would rather ... (than ...) |
| 宁可 (寧可) | nìng kě | preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...) |
| 宁静 (寧靜) | níng jìng | tranquil; tranquility |
| 安宁 (安寧) | ān níng | peaceful; tranquil |
| 宁肯 (寧肯) | nìng kěn | would rather...; it would be better... |
| 丁宁 (丁寧) | dīng níng | variant of 叮咛 (dīng níng) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “peaceful”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.