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lēng(leng1) , léng(leng2) , líng(ling2) , lèng(leng4) , chēng(cheng1) // pronunciations of 棱 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 棱

Unihan definition: squared timber; angle, edge

Number of strokes: 12
Examples of other characters consisting of 12 strokes: , , , , , , , , ,

Radical:  75.8

Frequency rank: 2897

General standard index number: 2563

Examples of words containing this character: 丹棱, 扑棱, 扑棱, 模棱, 棱柱, 棱台, 棱角, 棱锥, 棱镜, 穆棱, 绥棱, 翘棱, 三棱草, 三棱镜, 丹棱县, 横棱纹, 穆棱市, 绥棱县, 有棱有角, 模棱两可, 瘦骨棱棱, 花不棱登, 斯摩棱斯克

English translation (based on CEDICT):

棱[léng]:
- square beam
- variant of |[leng2]
稜|棱[léng]:
- corner
- edge
- arris (sharp ridge formed by two surfaces meeting at an edge)
- protrusion

Details

Unicode code point: U+68F1

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