灵 (líng) — Chinese Character

灵

líng

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

Radical: 彐 HSK 7 a, g pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

灵 decomposes into the following components:

彐火

Semantic component: 火; phonetic component: 彐.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 灵.

不灵

bù líng

亡灵

wáng líng

哭灵

kū líng

四灵

sì líng

图灵

tú líng

圣灵

shèng líng

失灵

shī líng

威灵

wēi líng

守灵

shǒu líng

属灵

shǔ líng

幽灵

yōu líng

广灵

guǎng líng

Characters that share the radical 彐.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages — free signup, all HSK levels.