靈

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See also: 霊 and 灵
靈 U+9748, 靈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9748
← 靇
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 靉 →
靈 U+F9B3, 靈
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9B3
← 零
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 領 →

Translingual

Traditional 靈
Shinjitai 霊
Simplified 灵

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

Chinese

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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

Historical forms of the character 靈
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (霝) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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

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.
Note:
  • len3 - literary;
  • liang3 - vernacular.
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/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/lieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		líng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ling4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 靈
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		líng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ leng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁeŋ/
English supernatural

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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/

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.
    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

Compounds

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

霊

Kyūjitai

靈

Kanji

靈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 霊)

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

Readings

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:

Wikisource

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

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

Compounds

Compounds

Vietnamese

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Han character

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

  1. spirit, soul
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