靈

See also: 霊 and 灵

Translingual

Han character

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

1. spirit, soul
2. spiritual world

References

• KangXi: page 1380, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42532
• Dae Jaweon: page 1889, character 34
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4082, character 12
• Unihan data for U+9748

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Chinese

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trad.		靈
simp.		灵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líng (ling²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): lêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: líng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ling²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ling
    • IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴
    • Yale: lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng
    • Tâi-lô: lîng
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɪŋ¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (靈, reconstructed)
Character (靈), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 青 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 郎丁切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/leŋ/	/lieŋ/	/leŋ/	/leŋ/	/lɛjŋ/	/lieŋ/	/lɛŋ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (靈, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
靈								líng								‹ leng ›								/*[r]ˤeŋ/								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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
靈					8259					霝					耕					0					靈					/*reːŋ/

Compounds

• 靈芝
• 靈氣
• 幽靈 / 幽灵 (yōulíng) a ghost

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Japanese

Kanji

靈

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

1. spirit, soul

Readings

• Goon: りょう (ryō), (historical) りやう (ryau)
• Kan’on: れい (rei)
• Kun: たま (tama)

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Korean

Hanja

靈 (ryeong, yeong) (hangeul 령, 영, revised ryeong, yeong, McCune-Reischauer ryŏng, yŏng, Yale lyeung, yeung)

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Vietnamese

Han character

靈 (linh, lanh, lẻng, leng, lênh, liêng, lình)

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