灵 — Chinese character
灵
líng
spirit, soul; spiritual world
- Pinyin
- líng
- Radical
- 86 ⽕ (Fire)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 彐 火
- Formation
- pictophonetic — fire; meaning component 火; sound component 彐
- Traditional
- 靈
Common words with 灵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 灵魂 (靈魂) | líng hún | soul; spirit |
| 心灵 (心靈) | xīn líng | bright; smart |
| 灵活 (靈活) | líng huó | flexible; nimble |
| 精灵 (精靈) | jīng líng | spirit; fairy |
| 灵感 (靈感) | líng gǎn | creative inspiration |
| 幽灵 (幽靈) | yōu líng | specter; apparition |
| 神灵 (神靈) | shén líng | god; spirit |
| 灵敏 (靈敏) | líng mǐn | smart; clever |
| 失灵 (失靈) | shī líng | out of order (of machine); not working properly |
| 小精灵 (小精靈) | xiǎo jīng líng | elf |
| 亡灵 (亡靈) | wáng líng | spirit of the dead; departed soul |
| 灵性 (靈性) | líng xìng | spiritual nature; spirituality |
English words written with 灵
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.