稜

See also: 棱

稜 U+7A1C, 稜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A1C ← 稛 [U+7A1B] CJK Unified Ideographs 稝 → [U+7A1D]

稜 U+F956, 稜 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F956 ← 凌 [U+F955] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 綾 → [U+F957]

Translingual

Han character

稜 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹木土金水 (HDGCE), four-corner 2494₇, composition ⿰禾夌)

Derived characters

• 𭋓, 薐

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 855, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25123
• Dae Jaweon: page 1280, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2611, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7A1C

• Unihan data for U+F956

Chinese

trad.		稜/棱
simp.		棱
alternative forms		楞

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (夌) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
棱	*rɯːŋ
稜	*rɯːŋ
輘	*rɯːŋ
倰	*rɯːŋ
祾	*rɯːŋ, *rɯŋ
踜	*rɯːŋs
凌	*rɯŋ
菱	*rɯŋ
陵	*rɯŋ
綾	*rɯŋ
鯪	*rɯŋ
淩	*rɯŋ
夌	*rɯŋ
蔆	*rɯŋ
崚	*rɯŋ
掕	*rɯŋ
𩜁	*rɯŋs
庱	*r̥ʰɯŋ, *r̥ʰɯŋʔ
睖	*r̥ʰɯŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rɯːŋ) : semantic 禾 + phonetic 夌 (OC *rɯŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): léng (leng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ / ling⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng / lēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: léng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: léng
    • Wade–Giles: lêng²
    • Yale: léng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leng
    • Palladius: лэн (lɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: léngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: léngr
    • Wade–Giles: lêng²-ʼrh
    • Yale: léngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lengl
    • Palladius: лэнр (lɛnr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤ̃ɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ / ling⁶
    • Yale: lìhng / lihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ / ling⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ / ling⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹/, /lɪŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng
    • Tâi-lô: lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lēng
    • Tâi-lô: līng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ³³/

Note: lēng - 壟 is used in the Mainland.

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• Middle Chinese: long

Rime
Character	稜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	登 (129)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	魯登切
Baxter	long
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ləŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ləŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ləŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləŋ/
Li Rong	/ləŋ/
Wang Li	/ləŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ləŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	léng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lang4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	稜
Reading #	1/1
No.	8239
Phonetic component	夌
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	楞
Old Chinese	/*rɯːŋ/
Notes	俗棱字見班固賦

Definitions

稜

1. arris; edge; corner
2. corrugation; ridge on an object
3. ^† prestige; might

Compounds

• 三稜鏡 / 三棱镜 (sānléngjìng)
• 三稜體 / 三棱体
• 二不稜登 / 二不棱登
• 威稜 / 威棱 (wēiléng)
• 嶒稜 / 嶒棱
• 摸稜 / 摸棱 (mōléng)
• 摸稜兩可 / 摸棱两可 (mōléngliǎngkě)
• 摸稜宰相 / 摸棱宰相
• 有稜有角 / 有棱有角 (yǒuléngyǒujiǎo)
• 模稜 / 模棱 (móléng)
• 模稜兩可 / 模棱两可 (móléngliǎngkě)
• 波稜菜 / 波棱菜
• 瘦稜稜 / 瘦棱棱
• 盧稜伽 / 卢棱伽
• 稜子 / 棱子 (léngzi)
• 稜層 / 棱层
• 稜柱體 / 棱柱体 (léngzhùtǐ)
• 稜稜 / 棱棱
• 稜等登 / 棱等登
• 稜線 / 棱线 (léngxiàn)
• 稜縫 / 棱缝
• 稜角 / 棱角 (léngjiǎo)
• 稜錐 / 棱锥 (léngzhuī)
• 稜鏡 / 棱镜 (léngjìng)
• 穆稜 / 穆棱 (Mùlíng, “Muling”)
• 菠稜菜 / 菠棱菜 (bōléngcài)
• 觚稜 / 觚棱
• 蹭稜子 / 蹭棱子

References

• “稜”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

稜

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. angle
2. edge

Readings

• Go-on: ろう (rō)
• Kan-on: ろう (rō)
• Kan’yō-on: りょう (ryō)
• Kun: かど (kado, 稜)、いつ (itsu)

Korean

Hanja

稜 • (reung>neung) (hangeul 릉>능, revised reung>neung, McCune–Reischauer rŭng>nŭng, Yale lung>nung)

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