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: 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
Min Nan (POJ): lêng / lēng

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: lêngrh²
  - Yale: léngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lengl
  - Palladius: лэнр (lɛnr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤ̃ɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ling⁴, ling⁶
  - Yale: lìhng, lihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴, ling⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴, ling⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹/, /lɪŋ²²/
Min Nan
- (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.

Middle Chinese: /ləŋ/

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
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	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

arris; edge; corner
corrugation; ridge on an object
^† 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
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
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)‎, 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

稜

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

angle
edge

Readings

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