Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

靈

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Remove ads
See also: 霊 and 灵
靈 U+9748, 靈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9748
← 靇
[U+9747] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 靉 →
[U+9749]
靈 U+F9B3, 靈
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9B3
← 零
[U+F9B2] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 領 →
[U+F9B4]

Translingual

More information Traditional, Shinjitai ...

Han character

靈 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+16, 24 strokes, cangjie input 一月口口人 (MBRRO) or 一月口口一 (MBRRM), four-corner 10108, composition ⿱霝巫)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1380, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42532
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1889, character 34
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4082, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+9748
Remove ads

Chinese

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
More information trad., simp. ...

Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 靈, Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) ...
Characters in the same phonetic series (霝) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
More information Old Chinese ...

Found as 𩆜 in Shuowen: Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *reːŋ): phonetic 霝 (OC *reːŋ) + semantic 玉 (“jade”).

The semantic component 玉 (“jade”) may be replaced with 巫 (“witch”), as in the current form, or with 心 (“heart”) or 示 (“memorial tablet”) in the ancient bronze inscription forms.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • ling4 - literary;
  • leng4 - vernacular.
More information Rime, Character ...
More information Character, Reading # ...
More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Definitions

靈

  1. god; deity
  2. soul; spirit
  3. effective; efficacious
    呢隻藥都幾靈。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    呢只药都几灵。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ne1 zek3 joek6 dou1 gei2 leng4. [Jyutping]
    This medicine is quite effective.
  4. keen; quick
  5. nimble
  6. (Northern Wu) apt; suitable; high-quality; good
    味道靈／味道灵 [Shanghainese]  ―  6mi-dau 6lin [Wugniu]  ―  tasty (lit. taste good)
    搿物事老靈個。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
    搿物事老灵个。 [Shanghainese, simp.]
    8geq 8meq-zy 6lau 6lin-gheq [Wugniu]
    This thing is really good quality.
  7. (Northern Wu) appropriately working; appropriately functioning
  8. a surname, Ling

Synonyms

  • (effective):
Dialectal synonyms of 靈驗 (“effective; efficacious”) [map]
More information Variety, Location ...
  • (keen):

Compounds

References

  • “靈”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
  • 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “灵”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 275.
Remove ads

Japanese

Shinjitai

 霊

Kyūjitai

 靈

Kanji

靈

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 霊)

  1. Kyūjitai form of 霊: soul, spirit; ghost; mystery

Readings

  • Go-on: りょう (ryō)←りやう (ryau, historical)
  • Kan-on: れい (rei)
  • Tō-on: りん (rin)
  • Kun: すだま (sudama, 靈)、たま (tama, 靈)、ち (chi, 靈)、み (mi, 靈)

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

靈 (eumhun 신령 령 (sillyeong ryeong), word-initial (South Korea) 신령 영 (sillyeong yeong))

  1. hanja form? of 령/영 (“spirit, soul, deity”)

Compounds

Remove ads

Vietnamese

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Han character

靈: Hán Nôm readings: linh, lanh, lẻng, leng, lênh, liêng, lình

  1. spirit, soul

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads
Remove ads