棱 - léng - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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12 strokes
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棱 (稜)

léng

Definition

corner
edge
arris (sharp ridge formed by two surfaces meeting at an edge)
protrusion

Character Decomposition

Related words (13)

prism

prism

edge and corner; protrusion; sharpness (of a protrusion); craggy; ridge corner

pyramid (geometry)

prism; prismatic lens

模棱

mó léng

ambiguous; undecided and unclear

三棱草

sān léng cǎo

sedge herb (Cyperus rotundus)

(triangular) prism

crosswise pattern

(of a shape) sharp and clearcut; (of a person) definite in his opinion

equivocal; ambiguous

bony; skinny

gaudy; repulsively colored

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