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楞

léng

Character

What 楞 means

1. variant of {棱|léng}
2. used in {楞迦|Léng jiā}

Other readings

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

• lèngvariant of {愣|lèng}

Words starting with 楞

• 楞严lèng yánone who surmounts all obstacles (Buddhism)
• 楞迦Léng jiāLanka (old term for Sri Lanka, Ceylon)
• 楞子眼lèng zi yǎn(dialect) vacant look of a drunk or imbecile
• 楞迦岛Léng jiā DǎoLanka (old term for Sri Lanka, Ceylon)
• 楞头青lèng tóu qīngvariant of 愣头青

Words containing 楞

• 瓦楞wǎ léngrows of tiles on a roof; corrugated
• 豁楞huō leng(dialect) (variant of 劐弄; to stir; to make trouble
• 瓦楞纸wǎ léng zhǐcorrugated fiberboard; corrugated cardboard
• 拉卜楞寺Lā bǔ léng SìLabrang Monastery, Tibetan: bLa-brang bkra-shis-'khyil, in Xiahe county 夏河县
• 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州Bā yīn guō léng Měng gǔ Zì zhì zhōuBayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 新疆维吾尔自治区
• 巴音郭楞Bā yīn guō léngsee 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州
• 巴音郭楞州Bā yīn guō léng Zhōusee 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州

Characters that look like 楞

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

• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality
• 榜bǎngnotice or announcement; list of names; public roll of successful examinees
• 膀bǎngupper arm; wing
• 楷jiēChinese pistachio tree (Pistacia chinensis)
• 楔xiēwedge; to hammer in (variant of 揳
• 榷quèfootbridge; toll, levy; monopoly

Sounds the same

Read léng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 棱square beam; variant of 棱
• 塄elevated bank around a field
• 崚lofty (as of mountain)
• 薐old name for spinach