灵
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quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin
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Dict coverage rank #453 U+7075
How 灵 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
火 (semantic, “fire”) + 彐 (phonetic, jì)
How to remember it
spirit · Heisig RSH #942
broom + 火 fire
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 彐
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 彐 (jì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 彐 sound component | jì | snout |
| 雪 | xuě | snow; wipe away shame, avenge |
| 浸 | jìn | to dip, to immerse, to soak; to percolate, to steep |
| 刍 | chú | to mow, to cut grass; hay, fodder |
Words containing 灵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 灵机一动 | líng jī yī dòng | a bright idea suddenly occurs (idiom); to hit upon an inspiration; to be struck by a brain… |
| 灵山县 | Líng shān Xiàn | Lingshan, a county in Qinzhou City 欽州市|钦州市[Qin1 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 心灵上 | xīn líng shàng | spiritual |
| 山青水灵 | shān qīng shuǐ líng | scenic, with verdant hills and crystal-clear waters |
| 灵石县 | Líng shí Xiàn | Lingshi, a county in Jinzhong City 晉中市|晋中市[Jin4 zhong1 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 小灵通 | Xiǎo Líng tōng | Personal Handy-phone System (PHS), mobile network system operating in China 1998-2013, bra… |
| 灵台县 | Líng tái Xiàn | Lingtai, a county in Pingliang City 平涼市|平凉市[Ping2 liang2 Shi4], Gansu |
| 一灵真性 | yī líng zhēn xìng | soul; spirit |
| 药石无灵 | yào shí wú líng | (idiom) (of a sick person or disease) to be incurable |
| 在天之灵 | zài tiān zhī líng | soul and spirit of the deceased |
| 不灵 | bù líng | not work; be ineffective |
| 灵山 | Líng shān | see 靈山縣|灵山县[Ling2 shan1 Xian4] |
| 水灵 | shuǐ líng | (of fruit etc) fresh; (of a person etc) full of life; healthy-looking; (of eyes) moist and… |
| 心灵 | xīn líng | bright; smart; quick-witted; heart; thoughts; spirit |
| 生灵 | shēng líng | (literary) the people; living thing; creature |
| 灵性 | líng xìng | spiritual nature; spirituality; intelligence (esp. in animals) |
| 机灵 | jī ling | alert; quick-witted; lively |
| 灵机 | líng jī | sudden inspiration; bright idea; clever trick |
| 灵动 | líng dòng | to be quick-witted |
| 灵长目 | líng zhǎng mù | primate order (including monkeys, hominids etc) |