靈

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See also: 霊 and 灵
靈 U+9748, 靈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9748
← 靇
[U+9747] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 靉 →
[U+9749]

Translingual[edit]

Traditional 靈
Shinjitai 霊
Simplified 灵

Han character[edit]

靈 (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[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: 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[edit]

trad. 靈
simp. 灵
alternative forms
 
㚑
霊
霛
䨩
𠳄
𡀓
𢩙
𢩝
𤫊
𤴤
𧈀
𧨈
𩂊
𩂳
𩃏
𩃗
𩃞
𩄇
𩅶
𩆕
𩆜
𩆮

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 靈
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
靈-seal.svg
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, 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[edit]

Note:
  • ling4 - literary;
  • leng4 - vernacular.
  • Hakka
  • Min Dong
  • Min Nan
  • Wu
    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
    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
    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.
    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[edit]

    靈

    1. god; deity
    2. soul; spirit
    3. coffin
    4. effective; efficacious
    5. keen; quick
    6. nimble

    Compounds[edit]

    Derived terms from 靈

    Japanese[edit]

    Shinjitai

    		霊

    Kyūjitai

    		靈

    Kanji[edit]

    靈

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

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

    Readings[edit]

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

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

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    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

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

    1. spirit, soul
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