柠

檸

níng

Rank #4252

níng used in 檸檬|柠檬[níng méng]

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 宁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 檸.

Semantic: 木 Phonetic: 宁

Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Traditional Modern

Simplified Modern

Component: 宁

Component: 木

宁木