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寧

rather
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingネイ
Kun readingむし.ろ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. ratherRtK
    彼は帽子を取って、丁寧にお辞儀した。He took off his hat and made a polite bow.tatoeba
    彼は先生に丁寧におじぎをした。He made a polite bow to his teacher.tatoeba
  2. preferably
  3. peaceful
  4. quiet
  5. tranquility
  1. better
  2. instead
  3. if anything

Popular Usage

丁寧

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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house · heart (心) · eye (目) · cross-eyed · net (网) · street (行) · nail · spike

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 897

Compound words

丁寧ていねい
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close
寧ろむしろ
rather; better; instead; if anything
安寧あんねい
(public) peace
康寧こうねい
tranquility
寧日ねいじつ
peaceful day
靖寧せいねい
peace
丁寧語ていねいご
polite language (e.g. masu, desu)
遼寧省りょうねいしょう
Liaoning Province (China)
バカ丁寧ばかていねい
overly polite
安寧秩序あんねいちつじょ
peace and order
寧楽時代ならじだい
Nara period (710-794 CE)
馬鹿丁寧ばかていねい
overly polite
遼寧大学りょうねいだいがく
Liaoning University

Additional Examples

彼は我々に丁寧に別れを告げた。
He took a polite leave of us.tatoeba
彼はばか丁寧だ。
He is polite to a fault.tatoeba

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 寧

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