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棱

léng

Character

What 棱 means

1. square beam
2. variant of {棱|léng}

Other readings

棱 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• léngarris; edge; corrugation; ridges
• lēngused in {刺棱|cī lēng}; used in {花不棱登|huā bu lēng dēng}; used in {扑棱|pū lēng}
• língused in {穆棱|Mù líng} (the name of a place in Heilongjiang); used in {丹棱|Dān líng} (the nam

Example sentences

• 山无棱，天地合，我就跟你走。
  Shān wú léng, tiāndì hé, wǒ jiù gēn nǐ zǒu.
  I'll go with you when pigs fly.

Words starting with 棱

• 棱角léng jiǎoedge and corner; protrusion; sharpness (of a protrusion)
• 棱柱léng zhùprism
• 棱台léng táiprism
• 棱锥léng zhuīpyramid (geometry)
• 棱镜léng jìng(optics) prism

Words containing 棱

• 模棱两可mó léng liǎng kěequivocal; ambiguous
• 刺棱cī lēng(onomatopoeia) sound of quick movement; Taiwan pr. cì léng
• 扑棱pū lēng(onomatopoeia) fluttering or flapping of wings
• 模棱mó léngambiguous; undecided and unclear
• 翘棱qiáo lengto warp; to bend
• 丹棱县Dān líng XiànDanling, a county in Meishan City 眉山市
• 横棱纹héng léng wéncrosswise pattern
• 穆棱市Mù líng ShìMuling, a county-level city in Mudanjiang City 牡丹江市
• 有棱有角yǒu léng yǒu jiǎo(of a shape) sharp and clearcut; (of a person) definite in his opinion
• 瘦骨棱棱shòu gǔ léng léngbony; skinny
• 花不棱登huā bu lēng dēnggaudy; having too many jumbled colors
• 斯摩棱斯克Sī mó léng sī kèSmolensk (Russian city)
• 绥棱县Suí líng XiànSuiling, a county in Suihua City 绥化市
• 三棱草sān léng cǎosedge herb (Cyperus rotundus)
• 三棱镜sān léng jìng(triangular) prism
• 五棱镜wǔ léng jìngpentaprism
• 丹棱Dān língsee 丹棱县
• 穆棱Mù língsee 穆棱市
• 绥棱Suí língsee 绥棱县

Characters that look like 棱

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 输shūto lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute
• 徙xǐ(literary) to change one's residence
• 梭suō(textiles) shuttle
• 榆yúelm
• 捺nàto press down firmly; to suppress; right-falling stroke in Chinese characters…
• 揄yúto draw out; to let hanging

Sounds the same

Read léng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 塄elevated bank around a field
• 崚lofty (as of mountain)
• 薐old name for spinach
• 楞variant of 棱; used in 楞迦