愣
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to look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted; blank; (coll.) unexpectedly; rash; rashly
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
dumbfounded · Heisig RSH #1814
state of mind + net + compass
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 愣
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 愣神儿 | to stare blankly; to be in a daze | |
| 二愣子 | stupid person; dolt; rash (slang) | |
| 愣头青 | reckless young person | |
| 斜愣眼儿 | erhua variant of 斜愣眼[xie2 leng5 yan3] | |
| 愣劲儿 | dash; pep; vigor | |
| 傻不愣登 | stupid; dazed | |
| 斜愣眼 | to squint | |
| 发愣 | to stare blankly; to be in a daze | |
| 装傻充愣 | (idiom) to feign ignorance or stupidity; to pretend to be clueless | |
| 愣头愣脑 | rash; impetuous; reckless | |
| 愣干 | to do things recklessly; to persist in doing sth in one's own way | |
| 愣说 | (coll.) to insist; to allege; to assert | |
| 登愣 | ta da!; wow! | |
| 直愣愣 | staring blankly | |
| 傻愣愣 | staring stupidly; petrified |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 罒 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 罒 sound part | net, network | |
| 楞 | used for Ceylon in Buddhist texts | |
| 塄 | a furrow in a field | |
| 薨 | the death of a prince; to swarm |