Keyword
edge
- squared timber
- angle
- corner
- Frequency
- #2871
- Strokes
- 12
Readings
léng
Mnemonic
木 (wood) gives the meaning and 夌 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
棱
square beam; arris; edge; corrugation; ridges
棱镜
(optics) prism
棱角
edge and corner; protrusion; sharpness (of a protrusion); craggy; ridge corner
模棱两可
equivocal; ambiguous
斯摩棱斯克
Smolensk (Russian city)
棱锥
pyramid (geometry)
棱柱
prism
三棱镜
(triangular) prism
绥棱县
Suiling, a county in Suihua City 绥化市 (SuíhuàShì), Heilongjiang
丹棱县
Danling, a county in Meishan City 眉山市 (MéishānShì), Sichuan
穆棱市
Muling, a county-level city in Mudanjiang City 牡丹江市 (MǔdānjiāngShì), Heilongjiang
有棱有角
(of a shape) sharp and clearcut; (of a person) definite in his opinion
模棱
ambiguous; undecided and unclear
棱台
prism
扑棱
(onom.) fluttering or flapping of wings