棱 (ling4 | leng2) : corner; corrugation

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棱

ling4

leng2

[1] corner; angle; edge
[2] corrugation; ridge

[variant forms] 稜, 楞

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 木 (#75)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

棱

This word has been viewed 2690 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 2nd Nov 2011 15:01

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三棱鏡 saam1 ling4 geng3 san1 leng2 jing4 = triangular prism

棱鏡 ling4 geng3 leng2 jing4 = prism

棱柱 ling4 cyu5 leng2 zhu4 = prism

棱柱體 ling4 cyu5 tai2 leng2 zhu4 ti3 = prism

棱錐體 ling4 zeoi1 tai2 leng2 zhui1 ti3 = pyramid (shape)

斜棱 ce4 ling4 xie2 leng2 = slant edge

直立棱錐 zik6 laap6 ling4 zeoi1 zhi2 li4 leng2 zhui1 = [math.] right pyramid

丹棱縣 daan1 ling4 jyun6 dan1 leng2 xian4 = Danleng county (county in Sichuan)

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Decimal representation of this word: 棱
Unicode code for this character: U+68f1 (off-site link)

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