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楞

楞

Translingual

Han character

楞 (radical 75 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木田中尸 (DWLS), four-corner 4692₇, composition ⿰木⿱罒方)

used for Sri Lanka (Ceylon) in Buddhist texts

References

KangXi: page 540, character 8

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15149

Dae Jaweon: page 927, character 15

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1250, character 10

Unihan data for U+695E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		楞

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): léng (leng²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴, ling⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: léng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˊ
  - Wade-Giles: lêng²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leng
  - IPA ^(key): /lɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ling⁴, ling⁶
  - Yale: lìhng, lihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴, ling⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹/, /lɪŋ²²/

Middle Chinese: /ləŋ/▼

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
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

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

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Compounds

傻楞楞
床楞
忒楞
忒楞楞
忒楞楞騰／忒楞楞腾
拉卜楞
支楞
楞伽經／楞伽经
楞住

楞嚴經／楞严经
楞子眼
楞小子
楞層／楞层
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

漠楞楞
瓦楞
瓦楞子
瓦楞帽
瓦楞紙／瓦楞纸
發楞／发楞
色楞格河
閣楞／阁楞

References

(Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

Japanese

Kanji

楞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: ろう (rō), りょう (ryō)

Kun: かど (kado)

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 (lăng)

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