棱

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square beam; variant of 稜|棱[leng2]

12 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,037 U+68F1

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 (semantic, “wood”) + 夌 (phonetic, líng)

components: 木夌

edge · Heisig RSH #2348

木 tree + Minuteclods

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 夌

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 夌 (líng) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
夌 sound component	líng	to dawdle; the name of the father of the Emperor Yao
凌	líng	pure; virtuous; to insult; to maltreat
菱	líng	water chestnut, water caltrop
鲮	líng	carp
绫	líng	thin silk, damask silk
淩	líng	to cross, to traverse, to pass through

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
斯摩棱斯克	Sī mó léng sī kè	Smolensk (Russian city)
有棱有角	yǒu léng yǒu jiǎo	(of a shape) sharp and clearcut; (of a person) definite in his opinion
花不棱登	huā bu lēng dēng	gaudy; having too many jumbled colors
三棱草	sān léng cǎo	sedge herb (Cyperus rotundus)
模棱两可	mó léng liǎng kě	equivocal; ambiguous
三棱镜	sān léng jìng	(triangular) prism
丹棱县	Dān líng Xiàn	Danling, a county in Meishan City 眉山市[Mei2 shan1 Shi4], Sichuan
五棱镜	wǔ léng jìng	pentaprism
棱台	léng tái	prism
棱角	léng jiǎo	edge and corner; protrusion; sharpness (of a protrusion); craggy; ridge corner
横棱纹	héng léng wén	crosswise pattern
穆棱市	Mù líng Shì	Muling, a county-level city in Mudanjiang City 牡丹江市[Mu3 dan1 jiang1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
棱镜	léng jìng	(optics) prism
绥棱县	Suí líng Xiàn	Suiling, a county in Suihua City 綏化市\|绥化市[Sui2 hua4 Shi4], Heilongjiang
丹棱	Dān líng	see 丹稜縣\|丹棱县[Dan1 ling2 Xian4]
模棱	mó léng	ambiguous; undecided and unclear
刺棱	cī lēng	(onom.) sound of quick movement; Taiwan pr. [ci4leng2]
瘦骨棱棱	shòu gǔ léng léng	bony; skinny
棱柱	léng zhù	prism
扑棱	pū lēng	(onom.) fluttering or flapping of wings