# 稜

| 稜 | U+7A1C, &#31260; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A1C |
| ← 稛 [U+7A1B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 稝 → [U+7A1D] |
| 稜 | U+F956, &#63830; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F956 |
| ← 凌 [U+F955] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 綾 → [U+F957] |

## Translingual
### Han character

稜 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹木土金水 (HDGCE), four-corner 2494$_7$, composition ⿰禾夌)

#### Derived characters

* 𭋓, 薐

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 855, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25123
* Dae Jaweon: page 1280, character 17
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2611, character 4
* Unihan data for U+7A1C
* Unihan data for U+F956

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 棱 | *rɯːŋ |
| 稜 | *rɯːŋ |
| 輘 | *rɯːŋ |
| 倰 | *rɯːŋ |
| 祾 | *rɯːŋ, *rɯŋ |
| 踜 | *rɯːŋs |
| 凌 | *rɯŋ |
| 菱 | *rɯŋ |
| 陵 | *rɯŋ |
| 綾 | *rɯŋ |
| 鯪 | *rɯŋ |
| 淩 | *rɯŋ |
| 夌 | *rɯŋ |
| 蔆 | *rɯŋ |
| 崚 | *rɯŋ |
| 掕 | *rɯŋ |
| 𩜁 | *rɯŋs |
| 庱 | *r̥ʰɯŋ, *r̥ʰɯŋʔ |
| 睖 | *r̥ʰɯŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rɯːŋ): semantic 禾 + phonetic 夌 (OC *rɯŋ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): léng (leng$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ling$^4$ / ling$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng / lēng
* 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/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: léngr
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: léngr
*** Wade–Giles: lêng$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: léngr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lengl
*** Palladius: лэнр (lɛnr)
*** Sinological IPA : /lɤ̃ɻ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ling$^4$ / ling$^6$
*** Yale: lìhng / lihng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ling$^4$ / ling$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ling$^4$ / ling$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɪŋ²¹/, /lɪŋ²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng
*** Tâi-lô: lîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: leeng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lēng
*** Tâi-lô: līng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: leng
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ³³/
* Middle Chinese: long
Rime :
| Character | 稜 |
| 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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ləŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | léng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lang$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*rɯːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 稜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8239 |
| Phonetic component | 夌 |
| Rime group | 蒸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 楞 |
| Old Chinese | /*rɯːŋ/ |
| Notes | 俗棱字見班固賦 |

### Definitions

稜
* arris; edge; corner
* corrugation; ridge on an object
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) prestige; might

### Compounds

* 三稜鏡 / 三棱镜 (sānléngjìng)
* 三稜體 / 三棱体
* 二不稜登 / 二不棱登
* 威稜 / 威棱 (wēiléng)
* 嶒稜 / 嶒棱
* 摸稜 / 摸棱 (mōléng)
* 摸稜兩可 / 摸棱两可 (mōléngliǎngkě)
* 摸稜宰相 / 摸棱宰相
* 有稜有角 / 有棱有角 (yǒuléngyǒujiǎo)
* 模稜 / 模棱 (móléng)
* 模稜兩可 / 模棱两可 (móléngliǎngkě)
* 波稜菜 / 波棱菜
* 瘦稜稜 / 瘦棱棱
* 盧稜伽 / 卢棱伽
* 稜子 / 棱子 (léngzi)
* 稜層 / 棱层
* 稜柱體 / 棱柱体 (léngzhùtǐ)
* 稜稜 / 棱棱
* 稜等登 / 棱等登
* 稜線 / 棱线 (léngxiàn)
* 稜縫 / 棱缝
* 稜角 / 棱角 (léngjiǎo)
* 稜錐 / 棱锥 (léngzhuī)
* 稜鏡 / 棱镜 (léngjìng)
* 穆稜 / 穆棱 (Mùlíng, “Muling”)
* 菠稜菜 / 菠棱菜 (bōléngcài)
* 觚稜 / 觚棱
* 蹭稜子 / 蹭棱子

### References

* “稜”, 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–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* angle
* edge

#### Readings

* Go-on: ろう (rō)
* Kan-on: ろう (rō)
* Kan’yō-on: りょう (ryō)
* Kun: かど (kado, 稜)、いつ (itsu)

## Korean
### Hanja

稜 • (reung>neung) (hangeul 릉>능, revised reung>neung, McCune–Reischauer rŭng>nŭng, Yale lung>nung)
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