愣

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愣 U+6123, 愣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6123
← 愢
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 愤 →

Translingual

Han character

愣 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 心田中尸 (PWLS), four-corner 96027, composition ⿰忄𬙙 or ⿰忄⿱罒方)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 396, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10980
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2328, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+6123

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 愣
alternative forms 楞

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 心 + abbreviated phonetic 楞.

Pronunciation 1

Note: gāng - 卬, 顒 is used in the Mainland.

Definitions

愣

  1. to be in a daze; to be dumbfounded
    還愣著幹什麼，走啊。 [MSC, trad.]
    还愣着干什么，走啊。 [MSC, simp.]
    Hái lèng zhe gàn shénme, zǒu a.
    What are you staring at? Be off with you!
  2. rash; hot-headed; hasty
  3. (colloquial) wilfully; insistently; persistently
Synonyms
  • (to be in a daze):
  • (rash):

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

愣

  1. Only used in 愣兒／愣儿.

Vietnamese

Han character

愣: Hán Nôm readings: lăng

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