棱

See also: 稜

棱 U+68F1, 棱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68F1 ← 棰 [U+68F0] CJK Unified Ideographs 棲 → [U+68F2]

Translingual

Han character

棱 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木土金水 (DGCE), four-corner 5404₇, composition ⿰木夌)

Derived characters

• 𡼹, 𦼊

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 534, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14979
• Dae Jaweon: page 922, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1224, character 1
• Unihan data for U+68F1

Chinese

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 木 + phonetic 夌 (OC *rɯŋ).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 棱 – see 稜 (“arris; edge; corner; corrugation; ridge on an object; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 稜).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

棱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. angle
2. edge

Readings

• On (unclassified): ろう (rō); りょう (ryō); ちょう (chō)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. 모: angle

Vietnamese

Han character

棱: Hán Nôm readings: săng, lăng, rừng, dừng

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