Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
roof
Parts:
Variants:
rather, preferably, peaceful, quiet, tranquility
Kun:
むし.ろ
On:
ネイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1697 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 寧夏回族自治区 【ネイカカイゾクジチク】 Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (China)
  • 寧日 【ネイジツ】 peaceful day
  • 西寧 【セイネイ】 Xining (China)
  • 静寧 【セイネイ】 peace, calm, tranquility

Kun reading compounds

  • 寧ろ 【むしろ】 rather, better, instead, if anything

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 やす、 やすし、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ning2, ning4
Korean:
nyeong

Spanish

  • pacífico
  • tranquilo
  • bondadoso

Portuguese

  • melhor
  • preferivelmente

French

  • plutôt
  • de préférence
  • paisible
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496 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2959 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1519 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2061 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
842 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7296P Morohashi
2345 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1361 New Nelson (John Haig)
834 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
897 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1700 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
753 2001 Kanji
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2-3-11 SKIP code
3020.1 Four corner code
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