棱 — Chinese character
棱
léng
squared timber; angle, corner, edge
- Pinyin
- léng
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 木 夌
- Formation
- pictophonetic — wood; meaning component 木; sound component 夌
Common words with 棱
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 棱镜 (稜鏡) | léng jìng | (optics) prism |
| 棱角 (稜角) | léng jiǎo | edge and corner; protrusion |
| 模棱两可 (模稜兩可) | mó léng liǎng kě | equivocal; ambiguous |
| 棱锥 (稜錐) | léng zhuī | pyramid (geometry) |
| 棱柱 (稜柱) | léng zhù | prism |
| 三棱镜 (三稜鏡) | sān léng jìng | (triangular) prism |
| 有棱有角 (有稜有角) | yǒu léng yǒu jiǎo | (of a shape) sharp and clearcut; (of a person) definite in his opinion |
| 模棱 (模稜) | mó léng | ambiguous; undecided and unclear |
| 棱台 (稜臺) | léng tái | prism |
| 扑棱 (撲棱) | pū lēng | (onom.) fluttering or flapping of wings |
| 扑棱 (撲棱) | pū leng | (of wings, curtains etc) to flap; to flutter |
| 三棱草 (三稜草) | sān léng cǎo | sedge herb (Cyperus rotundus) |
English words written with 棱
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.