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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 棱角

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
棱角 léng jiǎo - edge and corner
- protrusion
- sharpness (of a protrusion)
- craggy
- ridge corner

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 9 24,157 24,664 17,148

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
lēng- used in 刺棱[ci1leng1]
- used in 花不棱登[hua1bu5leng1deng1]
- used in 撲棱|扑棱[pu1leng1]
léng- square beam
- variant of 稜|棱[leng2]
léng- arris; edge
- corrugation; ridges
líng- used in 穆稜|穆棱[Mu4 ling2]
jué- surname Jue
jiǎo- angle
- corner
- horn
- horn-shaped
- unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime)
- CL:個|个[ge4]
jué- role (theater)
- to compete
- ancient three legged wine vessel
- third note of pentatonic scale

Other Words Containing 棱角

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
棱角 - 9 24,157 24,664 17,148