U+6123 "愣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+6123 "愣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the meaning of being stunned, dumbfounded, or in a daze, often used to describe a person who is momentarily frozen or unresponsive due to surprise, confusion, or shock. In modern Mandarin Chinese, it functions as a verb or adjective in expressions like "发愣" (fā lèng) meaning to stare blankly or "愣住" (lèng zhù) meaning to be caught off guard. The character visually combines the radical "心" (heart or mind) with the phonetic component "楞," which also suggests rigidity or obstruction, reinforcing the sense of a mental block or sudden stupor. Its usage spans both colloquial and literary contexts, making it a common term for describing temporary cognitive lapses or emotional paralysis.

General Properties

Code Point U+6123
Version Added 1.1
Name CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 愣
HTML Hex Encoding 愣
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE6 0x84 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding 0x6123
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00006123
C/C++/Java Escape \u6123

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Han
Script Extensions Han
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter
Ideographic Yes
Unified Ideograph Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive B468
kCCCII 213E75
kCNS1986 1-5F2F
kCNS1992 1-5F2F
kCangjie PWLS
kCantonese ling6
kDefinition be in a daze
kEACC 213E75
kFanqie 魯鄧
kFourCornerCode 9602.7
kGB0 6722
kGB1 6722
kHanYu 42328.120
kHanyuPinlu lèng(58)
kHKGlyph 1375
kIICore AGTHM
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 42328.120
kIRGKangXi 0396.071
kIRG_GSource G0-6336
kIRG_HSource HB1-B468
kIRG_JSource JMJ-011760
kIRG_KSource K2-327B
kIRG_TSource T1-5F2F
kJapanese リョウ
kTGH 2013:2774
kKangXi 0396.071
kMandarin lèng
kMojiJoho MJ011760
kMorohashi 10980
kRSUnicode 61.9
kSMSZD2003Index 228.09
kTGHZ2013 214.060:lèng
kTotalStrokes 12
kUnihanCore2020 GHMT
kXerox 266:101
kXHC1983 0690.010:lèng