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Traditional	靈
Shinjitai	霊
Simplified	灵

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trad.		靈
simp.		灵
alternative forms		𫻝𬰑𫲚𬋣㚑𫻝𬰑𫲚𬋣㚑霊霛䨩𠳄𡀓𢩙𢩝𤫊𤴤龗𧈀𧨈𫕞𩂊𩂳𩃏𩆇𩆈𩄀𩃗𩃞𩄇𩅶𢩙𢩝𢩗𩆕𩆜𩆮𩇎

Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 靈, Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) ...

Historical forms of the character 靈
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

More information Old Chinese ...

	Old Chinese
靈	*reːŋ
霛	*reːŋ
麢	*reːŋ
霝	*reːŋ
醽	*reːŋ
櫺	*reːŋ
蘦	*reːŋ
孁	*reːŋ
龗	*reːŋ
酃	*reːŋ
爧	*reːŋ
欞	*reːŋ

Characters in the same phonetic series (霝) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

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

More information Rime, Character ...

Rime
Character	靈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	郎丁切
Baxter	leng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/leŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/leŋ/
Wang Li	/lieŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	líng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ling⁴

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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	靈
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	líng
Middle Chinese	‹ leng ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˁeŋ/
English	supernatural
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	靈
Reading #	1/1
No.	8259
Phonetic component	霝
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靈
Old Chinese	/*reːŋ/

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): líng (ling²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nin²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ling⁴ / leng⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): len³ / liang³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lìn

(Meixian, Guangdong): lin²
Jin (Wiktionary): ling¹
Northern Min (KCR): lěng
Eastern Min (BUC): lìng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lêng

(Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: líng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: líng
  - Wade–Giles: ling²
  - Yale: líng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ling
  - Palladius: лин (lin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nin²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lin
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nin²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ling⁴ / leng⁴
  - Yale: lìhng / lèhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ / leng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ / léng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹/, /lɛːŋ²¹/

Note:

ling4 - literary;
leng4 - vernacular.

- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: len³ / liang³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /len²²/, /liaŋ²²/

Note:

len3 - literary;
liang3 - vernacular.

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: lin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lin²
  - Sinological IPA: /lin¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: lin²
  - Sinological IPA: /lin¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ling¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /liŋ¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lěng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leiŋ²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lìng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃iŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng
  - Tâi-lô: lîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: leeng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /leŋ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lin
  - MiniDict: lin^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lin²³/

Middle Chinese: leng

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤeŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*reːŋ/

Definitions

靈

god; deity
soul; spirit
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.
keen; quick
nimble
(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.
(Northern Wu) appropriately working; appropriately functioning
a surname, Ling

Synonyms

(effective):

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Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		靈
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		靈驗, 靈
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	靈驗
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	靈
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	靈, 靈應
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	靈, 靈光
Cantonese	Guangzhou	靈擎
	Hong Kong	靈, 靈擎
	Taishan	靈
	Dongguan	靈擎
Gan	Lichuan	靈
Gan	Pingxiang	靈
Hakka	Meixian	靈擎, 靈驗
Huizhou	Jixi	靈, 靈光
Northern Min	Jian'ou	靈感, 靈
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	靈, 靈影
Southern Min	Xiamen	靈聖
	Quanzhou	靈聖
	Zhangzhou	靈聖
	Tainan	靈聖
	Singapore (Hokkien)	靈
	Shantou	靈驗, 靈
	Leizhou	靈
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	靈
Wu	Shanghai	靈, 靈光, 靈泛
	Shanghai (Chongming)	靈
	Suzhou	靈
	Danyang	靈光
	Hangzhou	靈
	Ningbo	靈
	Wenzhou	靈, 靈光

Dialectal synonyms of 靈驗 (“effective; efficacious”) [map]

(keen):

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乖巧 (guāiqiǎo)
了了 (liǎoliǎo) (literary)
伶俐 (línglì)
儇 (Wu, of a child)
奢遮 (Wu, of a child)
宿鬼 (Hokkien)
性靈 / 性灵 (xìnglíng) (literary)
敏慧 (mǐnhuì)
明慧 (mínghuì)
明智 (míngzhì)
機敏 / 机敏 (jīmǐn)
機智 / 机智 (jīzhì)
機穎 / 机颖 (literary)
機警 / 机警 (jījǐng)
機靈 / 机灵
活絡 / 活络 (Wu)
睿智 (ruìzhì)
穎異 / 颖异 (yǐngyì) (formal)
精濟 / 精济 (Hokkien, of a child)
精靈 / 精灵 (jīnglíng)
精齊 / 精齐 (Hokkien, of a child)
聰慧 / 聪慧 (cōnghuì)
聰敏 / 聪敏 (cōngmǐn)
聰明 / 聪明 (cōngmíng)
聰穎 / 聪颖 (cōngyǐng) (formal)
英明 (yīngmíng)
調皮 / 调皮 (tiáopí)
靈光 / 灵光 (⁶lin-kuaon) (Wu)
鬼 (guǐ) (informal)

Compounds

一機靈 / 一机灵
一點靈犀 / 一点灵犀
七代先靈 / 七代先灵
丁靈 / 丁灵 (dīnglíng)
三靈 / 三灵
不靈 / 不灵
不靈光 / 不灵光
不靈驗 / 不灵验
丕靈 / 丕灵
丟靈 / 丢灵
乞靈 / 乞灵
亡靈 / 亡灵 (wánglíng)
人傑地靈 / 人杰地灵 (rénjiédìlíng)
伯靈 / 伯灵
停靈 / 停灵 (tínglíng)
光靈 / 光灵
冥靈 / 冥灵
冥頑不靈 / 冥顽不灵 (míngwánbùlíng)
參靈 / 参灵
古怪機靈 / 古怪机灵
古怪精靈 / 古怪精灵
古靈精怪 / 古灵精怪 (gǔlíngjīngguài)
周轉不靈 / 周转不灵
哭靈 / 哭灵 (kūlíng)
善靈 / 善灵 (shànlíng)
四靈 / 四灵
圓靈 / 圆灵
在天之靈 / 在天之灵 (zàitiānzhīlíng)
地靈 / 地灵
地靈人傑 / 地灵人杰
坤靈 / 坤灵
報事靈童 / 报事灵童
塗炭生靈 / 涂炭生灵 (tútànshēnglíng)
大愚不靈 / 大愚不灵
天靈 / 天灵 (tiānlíng)
天靈蓋 / 天灵盖 (tiānlínggài)
失靈 / 失灵 (shīlíng)
妙畫通靈 / 妙画通灵
妙發靈機 / 妙发灵机
威靈 / 威灵
威靈頓 / 威灵顿 (Wēilíngdùn)
安靈 / 安灵 (ānlíng)
守靈 / 守灵 (shǒulíng)
尊靈 / 尊灵
小精靈 / 小精灵
屍靈 / 尸灵
幽靈 / 幽灵 (yōulíng, “ghost”)
幽靈人口 / 幽灵人口
幽靈車 / 幽灵车
心有靈犀 / 心有灵犀 (xīnyǒulíngxī)
心靈 / 心灵 (xīnlíng)
心靈手巧 / 心灵手巧
心靈福至 / 心灵福至
心靈音樂 / 心灵音乐
性靈 / 性灵 (xìnglíng)
性靈派 / 性灵派
扶靈 / 扶灵 (fúlíng)
接靈 / 接灵
揚靈 / 扬灵
明靈 / 明灵 (mínglíng)
曜靈 / 曜灵 (yàolíng)
有靈觀 / 有灵观
枕邊靈 / 枕边灵
機靈 / 机灵
死靈 / 死灵 (sǐlíng)
水靈 / 水灵 (shuǐlíng)
泛靈信仰 / 泛灵信仰
活靈活現 / 活灵活现 (huólínghuóxiàn)
海靈 / 海灵 (hǎilíng)
湘靈 / 湘灵
漢靈帝 / 汉灵帝
激靈 / 激灵 (jīling)
炳靈寺 / 炳灵寺
獨抒性靈 / 独抒性灵 (dúshūxìnglíng)
生靈 / 生灵 (shēnglíng)
生靈塗地 / 生灵涂地
生靈塗炭 / 生灵涂炭 (shēnglíngtútàn)
百靈 / 百灵 (bǎilíng)
百靈廟 / 百灵庙 (Bǎilíngmiào)
百靈百驗 / 百灵百验
百靈舌 / 百灵舌
百靈鳥 / 百灵鸟 (bǎilíngniǎo)
皇靈 / 皇灵
矮靈祭 / 矮灵祭
神靈 / 神灵 (shénlíng)
福至心靈 / 福至心灵
萬物之靈 / 万物之灵 (wànwùzhīlíng)
萬靈丹 / 万灵丹 (wànlíngdān)
移靈 / 移灵 (yílíng)
空靈 / 空灵 (kōnglíng)
穹靈 / 穹灵
窮靈盡妙 / 穷灵尽妙
精靈 / 精灵 (jīnglíng)
精靈古怪 / 精灵古怪
精靈論 / 精灵论
精靈鬼 / 精灵鬼
耀靈 / 耀灵 (yàolíng)
聖靈 / 圣灵 (Shènglíng)
聰靈 / 聪灵
至靈 / 至灵
芻靈 / 刍灵
英靈 / 英灵 (yīnglíng)
荼毒生靈 / 荼毒生灵
衛靈公 / 卫灵公
言靈 / 言灵
設靈 / 设灵
誓彼襟靈 / 誓彼襟灵
起靈 / 起灵
趙武靈王 / 赵武灵王
輕靈 / 轻灵
辭靈 / 辞灵
迎靈 / 迎灵
通靈 / 通灵 (tōnglíng)
通靈寶玉 / 通灵宝玉
邪靈 / 邪灵 (xiélíng)
鍾靈毓秀 / 钟灵毓秀 (zhōnglíngyùxiù)
阿斯匹靈 / 阿斯匹灵 (āsīpǐlíng)
除靈 / 除灵
陰靈兒 / 阴灵儿
靈丹 / 灵丹 (língdān)
靈人 / 灵人
靈位 / 灵位 (língwèi)
靈便 / 灵便 (língbiàn)
靈信 / 灵信
靈保 / 灵保
靈修 / 灵修 (língxiū)
靈光 / 灵光 (língguāng)
靈光一閃 / 灵光一闪
靈利 / 灵利 (línglì)
靈力 / 灵力 (línglì)
靈動 / 灵动 (língdòng)
靈堂 / 灵堂 (língtáng)
靈境 / 灵境
靈妃 / 灵妃
靈媒 / 灵媒 (língméi)
靈安社 / 灵安社
靈官 / 灵官
靈寢 / 灵寝 (língqǐn)
靈山 / 灵山 (Língshān)
靈山秀水 / 灵山秀水
靈巖 / 灵岩
靈川 / 灵川 (Língchuān)
靈州 / 灵州
靈巧 / 灵巧 (língqiǎo)
靈幔 / 灵幔
靈床 / 灵床
靈府 / 灵府
靈座 / 灵座
靈性 / 灵性 (língxìng)
靈怪 / 灵怪
靈感 / 灵感 (línggǎn)
靈慧 / 灵慧
靈憲 / 灵宪
靈應 / 灵应
靈效 / 灵效
靈敏 / 灵敏 (língmǐn)
靈敏度 / 灵敏度
靈旛 / 灵旛
靈景 / 灵景 (língyǐng)
靈柩 / 灵柩 (língjiù)
靈桌 / 灵桌
靈棋經 / 灵棋经 (Língqíjīng)
靈樁 / 灵桩
靈機 / 灵机 (língjī)
靈機一動 / 灵机一动 (língjīyīdòng)
靈櫬 / 灵榇
靈歌 / 灵歌
靈武 / 灵武 (Língwǔ)
靈氛 / 灵氛
靈氣 / 灵气 (língqì)
靈活 / 灵活 (línghuó)
靈液 / 灵液
靈渠 / 灵渠 (Líng Qú)
靈漢 / 灵汉 (línghàn)
靈牌 / 灵牌 (língpái)
靈物 / 灵物 (língwù)
靈物學 / 灵物学
靈犀 / 灵犀 (língxī)
靈犀相通 / 灵犀相通
靈獸 / 灵兽 (língshòu)
靈界 / 灵界 (língjiè)
靈異 / 灵异 (língyì)
靈療 / 灵疗
靈祇 / 灵祇
靈祐 / 灵祐
靈秀 / 灵秀
靈童 / 灵童 (língtóng)
靈符 / 灵符
靈聖 / 灵圣 (língshèng)
靈肉 / 灵肉 (língròu)
靈脩 / 灵脩 (língxiū)
靈臺 / 灵台 (língtái)
靈芝 / 灵芝 (língzhī)
靈蓋 / 灵盖
靈藥 / 灵药 (língyào)
靈蛇之珠 / 灵蛇之珠
靈蛇髻 / 灵蛇髻
靈蛛 / 灵蛛 (língzhū)
靈蠵 / 灵蠵
靈術 / 灵术
靈變 / 灵变
靈貓 / 灵猫 (língmāo)
靈車 / 灵车 (língchē)
靈通 / 灵通 (língtōng)
靈透 / 灵透
靈鑒 / 灵鉴
靈長目 / 灵长目 (Língzhǎngmù)
靈長類 / 灵长类
靈隱山 / 灵隐山
靈雨 / 灵雨
靈霄寶殿 / 灵霄宝殿 (Língxiāobǎodiàn)
靈頭幡 / 灵头幡
靈顯 / 灵显
靈飆 / 灵飙
靈驗 / 灵验 (língyàn)
靈骨塔 / 灵骨塔
靈體 / 灵体 (língtǐ)
靈魂 / 灵魂 (línghún)
靈魂之窗 / 灵魂之窗
靈魂人物 / 灵魂人物 (línghún rénwù)
靈鷲山 / 灵鹫山 (Língjiùshān)
頂喪駕靈 / 顶丧驾灵
顯靈 / 显灵 (xiǎnlíng)
飛靈 / 飞灵 (fēilíng)
駕靈 / 驾灵
鬼精靈 / 鬼精灵
鬼靈 / 鬼灵
鬼靈信仰 / 鬼灵信仰
鬼靈精 / 鬼灵精
鬼靈精兒 / 鬼灵精儿
魂靈 / 魂灵 (húnlíng)
魯殿靈光 / 鲁殿灵光
黑人靈歌 / 黑人灵歌

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–

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