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Chinese symbol for “tranquility”

宁静
níng jìng
Traditional: 寧靜
tranquil; tranquility; serenity

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tranquility is 宁静 (níng jìng), defined as: tranquil; tranquility; serenity.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

宁 níng
calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer
radical 40 ⼧ · 5 strokes
静 jìng
still, quiet, motionless, gentle
radical 174 ⾭ · 14 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 宁静.

WordPinyinMeaning
宁愿 (寧願)nìng yuànwould rather ... (than ...)
宁可 (寧可)nìng kěpreferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...)
安宁 (安寧)ān níngpeaceful; tranquil
宁肯 (寧肯)nìng kěnwould rather...; it would be better...
丁宁 (丁寧)dīng níngvariant of 叮咛 (dīng níng)
安静 (安靜)ān jìngquiet; peaceful
冷静 (冷靜)lěng jìngcalm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet
平静 (平靜)píng jìngcalm; tranquil; serene

See also: Japanese symbol for “tranquility”.

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.

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