楞

楞

楞 U+695E, 楞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-695E ← 楝 [U+695D] CJK Unified Ideographs 楟 → [U+695F]

Translingual

Han character

楞 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木田中尸 (DWLS), four-corner 4692₇, composition ⿰木𬙙 or ⿰木⿱罒方)

Derived characters

• 㘄, 鿝

References

• KangXi: page 540, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15149
• Dae Jaweon: page 927, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1250, character 10
• Unihan data for U+695E

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Compound of 四方木.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		楞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): léng (leng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴
• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴
    • Yale: lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ləŋ/

Rime
Character	楞
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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ləŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ləŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ləŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləŋ/
Li Rong	/ləŋ/
Wang Li	/ləŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ləŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	léng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lang4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	楞
Reading #	1/1
No.	7775
Phonetic component	楞
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	楞
Old Chinese	/*rɯːŋ/
Notes	集韻爲棱或體

Definitions

楞

1. Alternative form of 稜／棱 (léng, “edge; corner”).

Compounds

床楞 支楞 瓦楞

瓦楞子 (wǎléngzi) 瓦楞帽 楞層／楞层

瓦楞紙／瓦楞纸 閣楞／阁楞

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		楞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): léng (leng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁶

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁶
    • Yale: lihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ləŋ/

Rime
Character	楞
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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ləŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ləŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ləŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləŋ/
Li Rong	/ləŋ/
Wang Li	/ləŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ləŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	léng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lang4

Definitions

楞

1. Used in transliteration.

Compounds

巴音郭楞 (Bāyīnguōléng) 拉卜楞

色楞格河 (Sèlénggé Hé) 楞伽經／楞伽经

楞嚴經／楞严经

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lèng (leng⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lèng
    • Wade–Giles: lêng⁴
    • Yale: lèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lenq
    • Palladius: лэн (lɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁶
    • Yale: lihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²²/

Definitions

楞

1. Alternative form of 愣.

Compounds

傻楞楞 忒楞 忒楞楞 楞住 楞子眼

楞小子 楞柯柯 楞楞傻傻 漠楞楞 忒楞楞騰／忒楞楞腾

楞楞睜睜／楞楞睁睁 楞睜／楞睁 楞頭青／楞头青 (lèngtóuqīng) 發楞／发楞

References

• “楞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		楞
alternative forms		昂 怳

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Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): gông

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gông
    • Tâi-lô: gông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Singapore): /ɡɔŋ²⁴/

Definitions

楞

1. (Hokkien) dizzy
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to be dumbfounded; to be startled

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 暈 (“dizzy; giddy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		暈
Mandarin	Taiwan	暈
	Singapore	暈
Cantonese	Hong Kong	暈
	Singapore (Guangfu)	暈
Min Nan	Xiamen	眩
	Quanzhou	眩
	Zhangzhou	眩
	Tainan	眩, 楞
	Penang (Hokkien)	眩
	Singapore (Hokkien)	眩, 楞
	Raoping	眩
	Jieyang	眩, 愩
	Singapore (Teochew)	眩
	Wenchang	眩
	Singapore (Hainanese)	眩

Compounds

楞捙捙

頭楞／头楞

頭楞楞／头楞楞

See also

• (Teochew) 愩／𫺌 (gong⁵)

Pronunciation

• Min Dong (BUC): léng

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• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: léng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ɛiŋ²¹³/

Definitions

楞

1. (Min Dong) segment of a fruit, seed, or other round plant organ
2. (Min Dong) Classifier for fruit or seed segments, flower petals, or portions of other round plant organs.
3. (Min Dong) Classifier for slices of a round object such as cake or melon.

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Japanese

Kanji

楞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ろう (rō)
• Kan-on: ろう (rō)
• Kan’yō-on: りょう (ryō)
• Kun: かど (kado, 楞)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

楞: Hán Nôm readings: lăng

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