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)

1. 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

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		楞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): léng (leng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴

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

Middle Chinese pronunciation (楞, reconstructed)
Character (楞), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 登 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 魯登切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ləŋ/	/ləŋ/	/ləŋ/	/ləŋ/	/ləŋ/	/ləŋ/	/ləŋ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (楞, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
楞					7775					楞					蒸					0					楞					/*rɯːŋ/					集韻爲棱或體

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Japanese

Kanji

楞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ろう (rō), りょう (ryō)
• Kun: かど (kado)

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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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