# 楞

| 楞 | U+695E, &#26974; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-695E |
| ← 楝 [U+695D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 楟 → [U+695F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

楞 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木田中尸 (DWLS), four-corner 4692$_7$, composition ⿰木𬙙 or ⿰木⿱罒方)

#### Derived characters

* 㘄, 鿝

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 540, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15149
* Dae Jaweon: page 927, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1250, character 10
* Unihan data for U+695E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Compound of 四方木 (sìfāng mù).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): léng (leng$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ling$^4$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): lêng$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: léng
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: léng
*** Wade–Giles: lêng$^2$
*** Yale: léng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leng
*** Palladius: лэн (lɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /lɤŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ling$^4$
*** Yale: lìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ling$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ling$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɪŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: lêng$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng
*** Sinological IPA : /leŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: long
Rime :
| Character | 楞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 登 (129) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 魯登切 |
| Baxter | long |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ləŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ləŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ləŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ləŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /ləŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /ləŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ləŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | léng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lang$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*rɯːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 楞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7775 |
| Phonetic component | 楞 |
| Rime group | 蒸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 楞 |
| Old Chinese | /*rɯːŋ/ |
| Notes | 集韻爲棱或體 |

#### Definitions

楞
* Alternative form of 稜／棱 (léng, “edge; corner”)

#### Compounds

* 床楞
* 支楞
* 楞層／楞层
* 瓦楞 (wǎléng)
* 瓦楞子 (wǎléngzi)
* 瓦楞帽
* 瓦楞紙／瓦楞纸
* 閣楞／阁楞

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): léng (leng$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ling$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: léng
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: léng
*** Wade–Giles: lêng$^2$
*** Yale: léng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leng
*** Palladius: лэн (lɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /lɤŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ling$^6$
*** Yale: lihng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ling$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ling$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɪŋ²²/
* Middle Chinese: long
Rime :
| Character | 楞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 登 (129) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 魯登切 |
| Baxter | long |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ləŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ləŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ləŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ləŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /ləŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /ləŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ləŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | léng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lang$^4$ |

#### Definitions

楞
* Used in transliteration.

#### Compounds

* 巴音郭楞 (Bāyīnguōléng)
* 拉卜楞
* 楞伽經／楞伽经
* 楞嚴經／楞严经
* 色楞格河 (Sèlénggé Hé)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lèng (leng$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ling$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lèng
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lèng
*** Wade–Giles: lêng$^4$
*** Yale: lèng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lenq
*** Palladius: лэн (lɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /lɤŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ling$^6$
*** Yale: lihng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ling$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ling$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɪŋ²²/

#### Definitions

楞
* Alternative form of 愣

#### Compounds

* 傻楞楞
* 忒楞
* 忒楞楞
* 忒楞楞騰／忒楞楞腾
* 楞住
* 楞子眼
* 楞小子
* 楞柯柯
* 楞楞傻傻
* 楞楞睜睜／楞楞睁睁
* 楞睜／楞睁
* 楞頭青／楞头青 (lèngtóuqīng)
* 漠楞楞
* 發楞／发楞

#### References

* “楞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

### Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gông
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gông
*** Tâi-lô: gông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: goong
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔŋ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei, Singapore): /ɡɔŋ²⁴/

#### Definitions

楞
* (Hokkien) dizzy
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) to be dumbfounded; to be startled

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 暈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 暈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 暈 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 暈 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 暈 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 眩 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 眩 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 眩 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 眩, 楞 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 眩 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 眩, 楞 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 眩 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 眩 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 眩, 愩 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 眩 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 眩 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 眩 |

#### Compounds

* 楞捙捙
* 頭楞／头楞
* 頭楞楞／头楞楞

#### See also

* (Teochew) 愩／𫺌 (gong$^5$)

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* Eastern Min (BUC): léng
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: léng
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃ɛiŋ²¹³/

#### Definitions

楞
* (Eastern Min) segment of a fruit, seed, or other round plant organ
* (Eastern Min) Classifier for fruit or seed segments, flower petals, or portions of other round plant organs.
* (Eastern Min) Classifier for slices of a round object such as cake or melon.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ろう (rō)
* Kan-on: ろう (rō)
* Kan’yō-on: りょう (ryō)
* Kun: かど (kado, 楞)

## Korean
### Hanja

楞 • (reung>neung) (hangeul 릉>능, revised reung>neung, McCune–Reischauer rŭng>nŭng, Yale lung>nung)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

楞: Hán Nôm readings: lăng
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