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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

稜: angle, edge

Also: corner, power, majesty

JLPT N113 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

禾 carries the meaning · 夌 is drawn in

13 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

リョウryou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 稜りょうedge; angle
  • 山稜さんりょうmountain ridge
  • 稜線りょうせんridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge

Also read ロウ, いつ, かど, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“The harvest is ready! Imagine a field of golden rice bowing its head in the autumn breeze.”
More in the 禾 grain story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
禾

Also built on grain (禾)

All 32
夌

Also built on 夌

Also read リョウ

29 kanji share this on'yomiAll 29

Also read ロウ

15 kanji share this on'yomiAll 15

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
稜 angle · 禾
vs崚 mountains towering in a row · 山
稜 has 禾 where 崚 has 山.
In ChineseSimplified 棱 · traditional, as in Japanese · léng

Japan keeps the traditional form 稜; mainland China simplifies it to 棱.

Simplified
棱 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
稜 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin léng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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