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稜

简棱 · 繁稜

Mandarin · pinyin léng#

arris; edge
corrugation; ridges

Mandarin · pinyin líng#

used in 穆稜 Mù líng (the name of a place in Heilongjiang)
used in 丹稜 Dān líng (the name of a place in Sichuan)
used in 綏稜 Suí líng (the name of a place in Heilongjiang)

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稜: Look up this written character
棱: léng · squared timber; angle, edge

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Cantonese word readings for 稜. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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arris; edge; corner
corrugation; ridge on an object
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) prestige; might

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