愣

愣	U+6123, 愣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6123

← 愢
[U+6122]

CJK Unified Ideographs

愤 →
[U+6124]

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

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 忄 (“heart”) + abbreviated phonetic 楞 (OC *rɯːŋ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		愣
alternative forms		楞

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lèng (leng⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁶ / ling⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lēng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lèng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lèng
  - Wade–Giles: lêng⁴
  - Yale: lèng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lenq
  - Palladius: лэн (lɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ling⁶ / ling⁴
  - Yale: lihng / lìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁶ / ling⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ling⁶ / ling⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²²/, /lɪŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lēng
  - Tâi-lô: līng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: leng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ²²/

Definitions

愣

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. [Pinyin]
What are you staring at? Be off with you!
rash; hot-headed; hasty
(colloquial) wilfully; insistently; persistently

Synonyms

(to be in a daze):

一怔 (yīlèng)
卬去 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
戇去 / 戆去 (Hokkien)
犯傻 (fànshǎ)
發呆 / 发呆 (fādāi)
發吽哣 / 发吽哣 (faat³ ngau⁶ dau⁶) (Cantonese)
發愣 / 发愣 (fālèng)
發懵 / 发懵 (fāměng)
發痴 / 发痴 (fa⁶ chr¹) (Xiang)

(rash):

倉磅 / 仓磅 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
倉莽 / 仓莽 (Xiamen Hokkien)
冒失 (màoshī)
冒昧 (màomèi) (humble, of oneself)
唐突 (tángtū)
莽夫 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
莽撞 (mǎngzhuàng)
蠻 / 蛮 (mán) (literary, or in compounds)
魯莽 / 鲁莽 (lǔmǎng)

(wilfully): 偏偏 (piānpiān), (Xiang) 偏生 (piānshēng)

Compounds

一愣
二不愣
二愣子 (èrlèngzi)
愣住 (lèngzhù)
愣兒 / 愣儿
愣怔 (lèngzheng)
愣愣瞌瞌
愣眼巴睜 / 愣眼巴睁
愣神兒 / 愣神儿
愣蔥 / 愣葱 (lèngcōng)
愣話 / 愣话
愣頭兒青 / 愣头儿青
愣頭愣腦 / 愣头愣脑 (lèngtóulèngnǎo)
愣頭磕腦 / 愣头磕脑
打愣

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lēng (leng¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: leng
  - Wade–Giles: lêng¹
  - Yale: lēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lheng
  - Palladius: лэн (lɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: leng¹
  - Yale: lēng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: leng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: léng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɛːŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

愣

only used in 愣兒／愣儿

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 愣 – see 卬 (“to be in a daze”). (This character is the Taiwanese Hokkien recommended form of 卬).

Vietnamese

Han character

愣: Hán Nôm readings: lăng

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