灵 - Dong Chinese dictionary

líng

spirit

Simplified form of 靈. Phonosemantic compound. 巫 represents the meaning and 霝 represents the sound.

Components

彐 Simplified component

jì

snout

Shorthand for the 霝 component in the traditional character 靈.

火 Simplified component

huǒ

fire

Shorthand for the 巫 component in the traditional character 靈.

Evolution

Bronze script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

灵 (靈)

líng

spirit, soul; spiritual world; quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin

Most common words with 灵

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	灵魂	soul
	灵	quick
	心灵	bright
	灵感	inspiration
	精灵	spirit

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

棂

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 47.1088% of movies

716th most common character in movies

734th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes	7
Traditional	靈
Unicode	U+7075

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

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