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.

Words containing 灵

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 灵.

不灵
bù líng
not work
亡灵
wáng líng
departed spirit
哭灵
kū líng
to weep before a coffin or a memorial to the dead
四灵
sì líng
four divinities
图灵
tú líng
圣灵
shèng líng
Holy Ghost
失灵
shī líng
out of order (of machine)
威灵
wēi líng
authority
守灵
shǒu líng
to keep watch beside a coffin
属灵
shǔ líng
spiritual
幽灵
yōu líng
specter
广灵
guǎng líng
Guangling county in Datong 大同[Da4 tong2], Shanxi

Related characters (radical 彐)

Characters that share the radical 彐.

刍 寻 彐 归 录 彗 彞 彟

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