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Chinese symbol for “protrusion”

棱角
léng jiǎo
Traditional: 稜角
edge and corner; protrusion; sharpness (of a protrusion); craggy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for protrusion is 棱角 (léng jiǎo), defined as: edge and corner; protrusion; sharpness (of a protrusion); craggy; ridge corner.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

棱 léng
squared timber; angle, corner, edge
radical 75 ⽊ · 12 strokes
角 jiǎo
angle, corner; horn, horn-shaped
radical 148 ⾓ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 棱角.

WordPinyinMeaning
棱镜 (稜鏡)léng jìng(optics) prism
模棱两可 (模稜兩可)mó léng liǎng kěequivocal; ambiguous
棱锥 (稜錐)léng zhuīpyramid (geometry)
棱柱 (稜柱)léng zhùprism
三棱镜 (三稜鏡)sān léng jìng(triangular) prism
角色jué sèrole; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]
角度jiǎo dùangle; (fig.) point of view
主角zhǔ juéleading role; lead; protagonist

See also: Japanese symbol for “protrusion”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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