寧 — kanji meaning “rather”
寧
rather, preferably, peaceful, quiet, tranquility
- Meanings
- rather, preferably, peaceful, quiet, tranquility
- On'yomi
- ネイ (nei)
- Kun'yomi
- むし.ろ
- Name readings
- あき、やす、やすし、よし
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1697 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 40
- Chinese reading
- níng, nìng — Chinese character page
Words with 寧
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丁寧 | ていねい teinei | polite; courteous; civil |
| 寧ろ | むしろ mushiro | rather; better; instead |
| 安寧 | あんねい annei | (public) peace; stability; tranquility |
| 安寧秩序 | あんねいちつじょ anneichitsujo | peace and order; law and order |
| 丁寧語 | ていねいご teineigo | polite language (e.g. masu, desu) |
| 寧日 | ねいじつ neijitsu | peaceful day |
| バカ丁寧 | ばかていねい bakateinei | overly polite; excessively polite; polite to a fault |
| 康寧 | こうねい kounei | tranquility; tranquillity; peacefulness |
| 懇切丁寧 | こんせつていねい konsetsuteinei | kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous |
| 丁寧懇切 | ていねいこんせつ teineikonsetsu | kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous |
| 丁寧体 | ていねいたい teineitai | polite style; polite Japanese |
| 静寧 | せいねい seinei | peace; calm; tranquility |
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