Chinese symbol for “cleverness”
灵气
líng qì
Traditional: 靈氣
spiritual influence (of mountains etc); cleverness; ingeniousness
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cleverness is 灵气 (líng qì), defined as: spiritual influence (of mountains etc); cleverness; ingeniousness.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “cleverness”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 灵气.
| 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 |
| 天气 (天氣) | tiān qì | weather |
| 空气 (空氣) | kōng qì | air; atmosphere |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cleverness”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.