菱 (ling4 | ling2) : water caltrop

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菱

ling4

ling2

water caltrop; water chestnut; waternut

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 艸 (#140)

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

菱

This word has been viewed 3074 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 16th Oct 2011 11:04

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菱角 ling4 gok3/gok3*2 = a water chestnut; a water caltrop

三菱 saam1 ling4 = Mitsubishi

菱形 ling4 jing4 ling2 xing2 = [math.] rhombus

三菱汽車工業有限公司 saam1 ling4 hei3 ce1 gung1 jip6 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1 san1 ling2 qi4 che1 gong1 ye4 you3 xian4 gong1 si1 = Mitsubishi Motors Corporation

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Decimal representation of this word: 菱
Unicode code for this character: U+83f1 (off-site link)

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