Memory phrase for the character: 楞

楞

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Meaning corner, edge, square beam

Pronunciation

léng

Explanation

Left: tree 木, right: drag net/eye 罒, direction, square 方

Mnemonic
 
Made of wood and you can arrange three 罒 in a direction: the cornered square beams.

Radicals

木 tree
网 netsometimes simplified to 罒.
方 direction, square
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 Vocabulary

瓦楞 wǎ léng  rows of tiles; corrugated
楞迦岛 Léng jiā dǎo  Lanka (old term for Sri Lanka, Ceylon)
楞迦 Léng jiā  Lanka (old term for Sri Lanka, Ceylon)
楞迦 Léng jiā  

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