灵 meaning and pronunciation

灵
Simplified character
靈
Traditional character

灵 English definition

líng
  • quick
  • alert
  • efficacious
  • effective
  • to come true
  • spirit
  • departed soul
  • coffin

HSK levels

Characters with the same pronunciation

  • ○ : character used in Taiwan as a substitute for a real name (like 'X' in English); variant of 〇[ling2];
  • 〇 : zero;
  • 伶 : clever; (old) actor; actress;
  • 凌 : to approach; to rise high; thick ice; to insult or maltreat;
  • 呤 : purine (chemistry); to whisper;
  • 堎 : mound; tomb;
  • 夌 : to dawdle; the name of the father of the Emperor Yao;
  • 柃 : Eurya japonica;
  • 棂 : latticework on a window;
  • 泠 : sound of water flowing;
  • 玲 : (onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑); tinkling of gem-pendants;
  • 瓴 : concave channels of tiling;
  • 笭 : bamboo screen;
  • 绫 : damask; thin silk;
  • 羚 : antelope;
  • 翎 : tail feathers; plume;
  • 聆 : to hear; to listen; to understand clearly;
  • 舲 : small boat with windows;
  • 苓 : fungus; tuber;
  • 菱 : Trapa natans; water caltrop;
  • 蕶 : withered (plant, herb etc);
  • 蛉 : sandfly;
  • 詅 : to sell;
  • 軨 : lattice work on front and sides;
  • 酃 : name of a district in Hunan;
  • 醽 : name of a wine;
  • 铃 : (small) bell; CL:隻|只[zhi1];
  • 陵 : mound; tomb; hill; mountain;
  • 零 : zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither;
  • 霊 : Japanese variant of 靈|灵;
  • 霝 : drops of rain; to fall in drops;
  • 鲮 : mud carp (Cirrhina molitorella);
  • 鸰 : wagtail; lark;
  • 齢 : Japanese variant of 齡|龄;
  • 龄 : length of experience, membership etc; age
  • 𠱠 : 㫃

Words containing 灵, by HSK level

良 铃