Chinese symbol for “sharpness”
棱角
léng jiǎo
Traditional: 稜角
edge and corner; protrusion; sharpness (of a protrusion); craggy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sharpness 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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sharpness”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 棱角.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 棱镜 (稜鏡) | léng jìng | (optics) prism |
| 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 |
| 角色 | jué sè | role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4] |
| 角度 | jiǎo dù | angle; (fig.) point of view |
| 主角 | zhǔ jué | leading role; lead; protagonist |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sharpness”.
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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