靈

See also 霊, and 灵

Translingual

Han character

靈 (radical 173 雨+16, 24 strokes, cangjie input 一月口口人 (MBRRO), 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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Cantonese

Hanzi

靈 (simplified 灵, Yale ling4)

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Japanese

Kanji

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

1. spirit, soul

Readings

• On: れい (rei), りょう (ryō)
• Kun: たま (tama)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

靈 (simplified 灵, pinyin líng (ling2), Wade-Giles ling²)

Compounds

• 靈芝
• 靈氣
• 幽靈 / 幽灵 (yōulíng) a ghost

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Vietnamese

Han character

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