U+5B81 "宁" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
宁
U+5B81 "宁" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the meanings of peace, tranquility, and repose. It is also commonly used as a verb meaning to prefer or to rather, as in the phrase “ning ke” (宁可). In traditional Chinese culture, this character appears in names, poetry, and expressions such as “安宁” (an ning), which means peace and calm. Its simplified form, as encoded here, is derived from the traditional character “寧”, and it is a fundamental component in words relating to stillness and a preference for one option over another.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5B81 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 宁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 宁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xAE 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5B81 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005B81 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5b81 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C972 |
| kCCCII | 217E33 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-2153 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-2153 |
| kCangjie | JMN |
| kCantonese | ning4 |
| kCihaiT | 404.605 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0551.120 |
| kDefinition | calm, peaceful, serene; healthy |
| kEACC | 273B32 |
| kFanqie | 直魚 直吕 |
| kFenn | 4K |
| kFennIndex | 96.09 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3020.1 |
| kGB0 | 3694 |
| kGSR | 0084a |
| kHangul | 저:1N |
| kHanYu | 20910.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | níng(13) nìng(9) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 20910.010:zhù,níng,nìng |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0551.120 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20910.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0281.120 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-447E |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-C972 |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-257C |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3E40 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-6B5B |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-2153 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-524B |
| kJapanese | チョ たたずむ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:312 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,05,92 |
| kJapaneseKun | TAKUWAERU |
| kJapaneseOn | CHO |
| kJis1 | 2639 |
| kKangXi | 0281.120 |
| kKorean | CE |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1337 |
| kMandarin | níng |
| kMatthews | 1364 |
| kMeyerWempe | 369c |
| kMojiJoho | MJ010106 |
| kMorohashi | 07055 |
| kPhonetic | 267 978 1340 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+17523+40.3.2 |
| kRSUnicode | 40.2 |
| kSBGY | 071.02 256.37 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "宁" U+5B81 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 166.03 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1337 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 268.060:níng 268.150:nìng |
| kTotalStrokes | 5 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "宁" U+5B81 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "寧" U+5BE7 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kVietnamese | trữ |
| kXerox | 302:314 |
| kXHC1983 | 0835.110:níng 0836.020:nìng |