| Kanji | 寧 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ネイ |
| Kunyomi | むし.ろ |
| Nanori | あき, やす, やすし, よし |
| English | rather, preferably |
| Examples | 丁寧(ていねい): polite; courteous; careful; care; kind; close; thorough; conscientious 寧ろ(むしろ): rather; better; instead |
| JLPT Level | 1 |
| Jouyou Grade | S |
| Frequency | 1697 |
| Components | 寍: used as a term of comparison 丁: street; ward; town; counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign |
| Number of Strokes | 14 |
| Kanji Radical | 宀 |
| Radical Number | 40 |
| Radical Strokes | 3 |
| Radical Reading | うかんむり |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 会意 Compound Ideographic |
| Keyword | rather |
| Koohii Story 1 | A pretty tough kanji. Think of elegant old housewives with English accents dining together at a HOUSE party. The hostess brings out a dish of hors d´oeuvres: a SPIKE of metal with an EYEBALL and a HEART skewered on it. Upon being offered this treat, one of the housewives says in her English accent, "I´d RATHER not.". |
| Koohii Story 2 | Rather a house with a heart than an eye with a spike. |
| RTK Index | 834 |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000
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