2008•Journal of Eastern Liaoning UniversityRequires access

Etymology and Meaning of "寧 (宁)"

Lin Yuan

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Despite many different ways of writing in Oracle-bone Inscriptions and Jinwen(characters of the Jin Dynasty),寧 (宁) always has the same meaning of peace.In Xiaozhuan scripts,寧 (宁) got its font from 丂 (kǎo)but not丁 (dīng),and its sound from寍 (ning).Extended from the original meaning of peace as a noun,this character has also many other part-of-speeches,such as a verb(to greet and to attend the funeral),an adverb(rather than;how;therefore),a conjunction and an auxiliary word.

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Key concepts: Etymology, Linguistics, Meaning (existential), Character (mathematics), Verb, Adverb, Conjunction (astronomy), Original meaning