靈 (lìng)
Spirit; soul; effective; agile
How 靈 is written
- Strokes
- 24
- Radical
- 雨 — rain
- Traditional
- 靈
- Simplified
- 灵
Common words using 靈
- 幽靈 yōulíng
- specter; apparition; ghost
- 心靈 xīnlíng
- bright; smart; quick-witted
- 精靈 jīnglíng
- spirit; fairy; elf
- 靈感 línggǎn
- inspiration; insight; a burst of creativity in scientific or artistic endeavor
- 靈犀 língxī
- rhinoceros horn, reputed to confer telepathic powers; fig. mutual sensitivity; tacit exchange of romantic feelings
- 靈魂 línghún
- soul; spirit
- 亡靈 wánglíng
- departed spirit
- 失靈 shīlíng
- out of order (of machine); not working properly; a failing (of a system)
- 小精靈 xiǎojīnglíng
- elf
- 機靈 jīlíng
- clever; quick-witted
- 水靈 shuǐlíng
- vivid; full of life; fresh
- 生靈 shēnglíng
- (literary) the people; living thing; creature
靈 in a sentence
他的腦筋很靈活。
Tā de nǎojīn hěn línghuó.
“He has a very agile mind.”
How common is 靈?
靈 is the 733rd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 83.7% of all running text.
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