# 愣

| 愣 | U+6123, &#24867; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6123 |
| ← 愢 [U+6122] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 愤 → [U+6124] |

## Translingual
### Han character

愣 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 心田中尸 (PWLS), four-corner 9602$_7$, composition ⿰忄𬙙 or ⿰忄⿱罒方)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 396, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10980
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2328, character 12
* Unihan data for U+6123

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 心 + abbreviated phonetic 楞.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lèng (leng$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ling$^6$ / ling$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lēng / gāng
* 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$^6$ / ling$^4$
*** Yale: lihng / lìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ling$^6$ / ling$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ling$^6$ / ling$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɪŋ²²/, /lɪŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lēng
*** Tâi-lô: līng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: leng
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ²²/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gāng
*** Tâi-lô: gāng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gang
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɡaŋ³³/

#### Definitions

愣
* to be in a daze; to be dumbfounded
       Hái lèng zhe gàn shénme, zǒu a. [Pinyin]
       What are you staring at? Be off with you!
* rash; hot-headed; hasty
* (colloquial) wilfully; insistently; persistently

##### Synonyms

* (to be in a daze):
* 一怔 (yīlèng)
* 卬去 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 戇去／戆去 (Hokkien)
* 發呆／发呆 (fādāi)
* 發吽哣／发吽哣 (faat$^3$ ngau$^6$ dau$^6$) (Cantonese)
* 發愣／发愣 (fālèng)
* 發懵／发懵 (fāměng)
* 發痴／发痴 (fa$^6$ chr$^1$) (Xiang)
* (rash):
* 倉磅／仓磅 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 倉莽／仓莽 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 冒失 (màoshī)
* 冒昧 (màomèi) (humble, of oneself)
* 唐突 (tángtū)
* 莽夫 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 莽撞 (mǎngzhuàng)
* 蠻／蛮 (mán) (literary, or in compounds)
* 魯莽／鲁莽 (lǔmǎng)
* (wilfully): 偏偏 (piānpiān), (Xiang) 偏生

#### Compounds

* 一愣
* 二不愣
* 二愣子 (èrlèngzi)
* 愣住 (lèngzhù)
* 愣兒／愣儿
* 愣怔
* 愣愣瞌瞌
* 愣眼巴睜／愣眼巴睁
* 愣神兒／愣神儿
* 愣蔥／愣葱
* 愣話／愣话
* 愣頭兒青／愣头儿青
* 愣頭愣腦／愣头愣脑 (lèngtóulèngnǎo)
* 愣頭磕腦／愣头磕脑
* 打愣

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lēng (leng$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): leng$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lēng
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: leng
*** Wade–Giles: lêng$^1$
*** Yale: lēng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lheng
*** Palladius: лэн (lɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /lɤŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: leng$^1$
*** Yale: lēng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: leng$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: léng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɛːŋ⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

愣
* Only used in 愣兒／愣儿.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

愣: Hán Nôm readings: lăng
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